Calotomus
{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Calotomus carolinus mâle.jpg
| image_caption = Carolines parrotfish (C. carolinus)
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|13|0|Middle Miocene to present}}
| taxon = Calotomus
| authority = Gilbert, 1890
| type_species = Calotomus xenodon
| type_species_authority = Gilbert, 1890{{Cof record|genid=4447|title=Calotomus|access-date=15 February 2020}}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 5 extant, see text
}}
Calotomus is a parrotfish genus from the Indo-Pacific, with a single species ranging into the warmer parts of the east Pacific. Compared to most of their relatives, their colours are relatively dull. Several species in this genus are associated with sea grass beds, but most can also be seen at reefs.
Species
The genus includes these extant species:{{FishBase genus|genus=Calotomus|access-date=15 February 2020}}
- Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Carolines parrotfish)
- Calotomus japonicus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Japanese parrotfish)
- Calotomus spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Spinytooth parrotfish)
- Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell, 1835) (Viridescent parrotfish)
- Calotomus zonarchus (Jenkins, 1903) (Yellowbar parrotfish)
The fossil species, †Calotomus preisli Bellwood & Schultz, 1991 has been recovered from middle Miocene beds from Austria, suggesting the Paratethys Sea might have been tropical.{{cite journal|last=Bellwood|first=David R.|author2=Schultz, Ortwin|date=1991|title=A Review of the Fossil Record of the Parrotfishes (Labroidei: Scaridae) with a Description of a New Calotomus Species from the Middle Miocene (Badenian) of Austria|journal=Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien |volume=92|pages=55–71 |url=http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_92A_0055-0071.pdf}}{{Cite journal |last=Bellwood |first=David R. |last2=Schultz |first2=Ortwin |last3=Siqueira |first3=Alexandre C. |last4=Cowman |first4=Peter F. |date=2019 |title=A review of the fossil record of the Labridae |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26595690 |journal=Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie |volume=121 |pages=125–194 |issn=0255-0091}}
References
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- {{FishBase genus | genus = Calotomus | month = December| year = 2009}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database]
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Category:Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert
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