Bluelip parrotfish

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| image = Cryptotomus roseus - pone.0010676.g127.png

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bertoncini, A.A. |author2=Sampaio, C.L.S. |author3=Rocha, L.A. |author4=Ferreira, C.E. |author5=Francini-Filho, R. |author6=Moura, R. |author7=Gaspar, A.L. |author8=Feitosa, C. |date=2012 |title=Cryptotomus roseus |volume=2012 |page=e.T190757A17778589 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190757A17778589.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = Cope, 1871

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Cryptotomus roseus

| authority = Cope, 1871{{cite web |title=Cryptotomus roseus Cope, 1871 |url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/3674 |publisher=Fishbase |access-date=28 June 2018}}

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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.

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