Chlorurus strongylocephalus Indian ocean steephead parrotfish

Chlorurus strongylocephalusis commonly referred to as Indian ocean steephead parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3097 

AphiaID:

219086 

Scientific:

Chlorurus strongylocephalus 

German:

Indischer-Buckelkopf Papageifisch 

English:

Indian Ocean Steephead Parrotfish 

Category:

Parrotfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Chlorurus (Genus) > strongylocephalus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1855 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bali, Christmas Islands, East Africa, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Java, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion , Sumatra, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Yemen, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

2 - 35 Meter 

Habitats:

Lagoons, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 27.56" (70 cm) 

Temperature:

25,5 °F - 29,3 °F (25,5°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Algae, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort) 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Chlorurus atrilunula
  Knotenkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus bleekeri
  Bleekers Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus bowersi
  Bower´s Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus capistratoides
  Indischer Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus cyanescens
  "Cyanfarbener Buckelkopf"-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus enneacanthus
  Kapitäns-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus frontalis
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus genazonatus
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus gibbus
  Rotmeerbuckelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus japanensis
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus microrhinos
  Buckelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus oedema
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus perspicillatus
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus rhakoura
  Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus sordidus
  Kugelkopf-Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus spilurus
  "Pazifischer Kugelkopf-Papageienfisch"
• 
  Chlorurus strongylocephalus
  Indischer-Buckelkopf Papageifisch
• 
  Chlorurus troschelii
  Troschel's Papageifisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-04-17 14:22:51 

Last edit:

2023-12-31 17:08:50 

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