Orange-dotted tuskfish

Orange-dotted tuskfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Choerodon
Species: C. anchorago
Binomial name
Choerodon anchorago
(Bloch, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Sparus anchorago Bloch, 1791
  • Labrus macrodontus Lacépède, 1801
  • Cossyphus macrodon Bleeker, 1849
  • Choerops meleagris Rüppell, 1852
  • Labrus chlorodus Gronow, 1854
  • Crenilabrus leucozona Bleeker, 1858
  • Choerops maeander Cartier, 1874
  • Choerodon weberi J. D. Ogilby, 1911

The orange-dotted tuskfish, Choerodon anchorago, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka eastward to French Polynesia in the western Pacific. Its range extends north to the Ryukyus and south to New Caledonia. It inhabits reefs at depths from 1 to 25 m (3.3 to 82.0 ft). This species can reach a length of 50 cm (20 in). It is commercially important, and can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]


Common Name

Orange-dotted tuskfish

Habitat

Salt water

Dispersion

Thai Sea Boundary

Utilization

Fishery: Small Trading; Aquarium: Trade

References

  1. ↑ Shea, S. & Liu, M. 2010. Choerodon anchorago. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Choerodon anchorago" in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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