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Chlorurus troschelii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Scaridae
Genus:	Chlorurus
Species:	C. troschelii
Binomial name
Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms
Scarus troschelii Bleeker, 1853 Pseudoscarus troscheli (Bleeker, 1853) Pseudoscarus rhoduropterus Bleeker, 1861 Scarus rhoduropterus (Bleeker, 1861) Xanothon rhoduropterus (Bleeker, 1861)

Chlorurus troschelii, commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Franz Hermann Troschel (1810-1882)

References

1. ^ Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Rocha, L.A.; Clements, K.D.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Rahardjo, P.; Pardede, S. (2012). "Chlorurus troschelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190741A17787513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190741A17787513.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chlorurus troschelii". FishBase. August 2019 version.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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