Bluelip parrotfish
Species of ray-finned fish
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Cryptotomus roseus, the bluelip parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Labridae. It is found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. The bluelip parrotfish typically inhabits seagrass beds. It is a protogynous hermaphrodite.[2]
| Bluelip parrotfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Subfamily: | Scarinae |
| Tribe: | Sparisomatini |
| Genus: | Cryptotomus Cope, 1871 |
| Species: | C. roseus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptotomus roseus | |
