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Common Names Summary - Scarus globiceps
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Common name of Scarus globiceps
 
Common name Globehead parrotfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Papua New Guinea
Locality
Ref. Kailola, P.J., 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier
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).
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