''Calotomus'' is a

parrotfish Parrotfish (named for their mouths, which resemble a parrot's beak) are a clade of fish placed in the tribe Scarini of the wrasse family (Labridae). Traditionally treated as their own family (Scaridae), genetic studies have found them to be dee ...

genus from the

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, with a single species ranging into the warmer parts of the east

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. Compared to most of their relatives, their colours are relatively dull. Several species in this genus are associated with

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beds, but most can also be seen at

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Species

The genus includes these

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species: * ''

Calotomus carolinus ''Calotomus carolinus'', commonly known as Carolines parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the Family (biology), family Scaridae. It is also known as the starry-eye parrotfish, stareye parrotfish, bucktooth parrotfi ...

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, 1840) (Carolines parrotfish) * '' Calotomus japonicus'' (Valenciennes, 1840) (Japanese parrotfish) * '' Calotomus spinidens'' ( Quoy &

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, 1824) (Spinytooth parrotfish) * '' Calotomus viridescens'' ( Rüppell, 1835) (Viridescent parrotfish) * '' Calotomus zonarchus'' (

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, 1903) (Yellowbar parrotfish) The fossil species, †'' Calotomus preisli'' Bellwood & Schultz, 1991 has been recovered from middle Miocene beds from Austria, suggesting the Paratethys Sea might have been tropical.

References

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Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert Marine fish genera {{Labridae-stub