Purple eyebrowed tuskfish (Choerodon zamboangae)

Scientific name: Choerodon zamboangae Seale & Bean, 1907

Purple eyebrowed tuskfish (Choerodon zamboangae)

The Purple eyebrowed tuskfish (Choerodon zamboangae) is a marine fish of the family Labridae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Philippines to Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Possibly the male of Choerodon robustus.

Biology

Body without a broad dark, pale-margined, oblique band on side; body bicoloured, dusky anterodorsally and pale posteroventrally, line of demarcation extending between base of first dorsal-fin spine and upper side of pectoral-fin base; a broad anteroventrally tapering reddish brown stripe covering dorsal half of side posterior to greenish brown anterodorsal portion of body; reddish brown area edged ventrally by yellow stripe. (Ref 9823)

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Choerodon zamboangae
Family
Labridae (Wrasses)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
45.0
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Philippines to Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Possibly the male of Choerodon robustus.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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