Purple Tuskfish (species: Choerodon cephalotes) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Choerodon cephalotes
Purple Tuskfish


©Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO: Purple Tuskfish (Choerodon cephalotes)

©FAO: Purple Tuskfish (Choerodon cephalotes)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Choerodon
Species Choerodon cephalotes
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 38 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Adults occur solitarily in shallow coral reefs and seagrass beds (FishBase).

Behaviour

Hunt by lying on the sandy bottom and finning away the loose sand to find molluscs.

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