Chlorurus bleekeri Bleeker's parrotfish

Chlorurus bleekeriis commonly referred to as Bleeker's parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5680 

AphiaID:

277504 

Scientific:

Chlorurus bleekeri 

German:

Bleekers Papageifisch 

English:

Bleeker's Parrotfish 

Category:

Parrotfishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(de Beaufort, ), 1940 

Occurrence:

Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Bali, Borneo (Kalimantan), Central Pazific, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, Flores, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Java, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lembeh Strait, Marschall Islands, Micronesia, Moluccas, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Samoa, Solomon Islands, The Bangai Archipelago, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

3 - 35 Meter 

Size:

up to 19.29" (49 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae, Aquatic plant, Herbivorous 

Tank:

1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

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
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-01 16:50:25 

Last edit:

2020-08-05 15:50:10 

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