Blackspot tuskfish
Choerodon schoenleinii
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A tuskfish from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, from Mauritius to Indonesia, Australia and the Ryukyu Islands. It reaches 1 metre. Near threatened.
- Scientific name
- Choerodon schoenleinii
- Family
- Labridae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Labridae
- Order
- Eupercaria/misc
- Synonyms
- Chaerodon schoenleini, Chaerops notatus, Choerodon cyanostolus, Choerodon quadrifasciatus, Choerodon rubidus, Choerodon schoenleini, Choerodon shoenleinii, Choerops nyctemblema, Choerops unimaculatus, Cossyphus cyanostolus, Cossyphus ommopterus, Cossyphus schoenleinii, Torresia australis, Torresia lineata
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia, África
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 100 cm
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Near threatened (NT)
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