Common name | Lilac-banded parrotfish |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Australia |
Locality | |
Ref. | May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Their fused teeth joined at the front in a groove forming a pair of beak-like tooth plates and their flapping of their pectoral fins during swimming gave them their name parrotfishes (Ref. 5288). |