Stareye Parrotfish
Calotomus carolinus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 680
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Calotomus carolinus, commonly known as Carolines parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Labridae. It is also known as the starry-eye parrotfish, stareye parrotfish, bucktooth parrotfish, Christmas parrotfish or marbled parrotfish. Since the Calotomus carolinus is known across the Pacific, it also has its own name in many native languages for example, it is called a panuhunuhunu in the Hawaiian language.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Calotomus carolinus”.