Calotomus carolinus | University of the Philippines Mindanao DNA Barcoding NEC Project (DOST-MECO-TECO) | Marine Biodiversity Database Project
Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Classification
  • Kingdom » Animalia
  • Phylum » Chordata
  • Class » Osteichthyes
  • Order » Perciformes
  • Family » Labridae: Scarinae
  • Genus » Calotomus
  • Species » carolinus
  • Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840)
    (Carolines parrotfish)
  • Description »   (Wikipedia) Calotomus carolinus, commonly known as Carolines parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is also known as the starry-eye parrotfish, stareye parrotfish, bucktooth parrotfish, Christmas parrotfish or marbled parrotfish. Since the Calotomus carolinus is known across the Pacific, it also has its own name in many native languages for example, it is called a panuhunuhunu in the Hawaiian language.
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  • Local Name »  
  • Locality/Distribution »   [Santa Ana, Cagayan Valley] [General Santos City, South Cotabato] [Sasa, Davao City, Davao del Sur]
  • Collectors/Field Observers »   Jezza Mae Del Castillo, Glycinea M. de Peralta
  • Species ID by »   Maybelle A. Fortaleza
  • Institution/Project »   University of the Philippines Mindanao DNA Barcoding NEC Project (DOST-MECO-TECO)
  • Collection Code »   NEC_1903_STAA_007_A
  • Cite this page as: Fortaleza, M.A., Labrador, K.L., Lanutan, J.J., Bacus, M.G., Consuegra, J.M., del Fierro, J.E.L.F., Sobradil, R.B., Opina, R.L., Cabasan, J.P., Eballe, A.C. and Gumanao, G.S., 2024. The marine fishes from southern Mindanao, Philippines, including a DNA barcode reference library of commercially important species. Bulletin of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0116
  • IUCN Conservation Status »   Visit IUCN
    Least Concern (LC); Date assessed:17 September 2009 (FishBase)
  • Sample Availability and Preservation »   Tissue preserved in 95% ETOH; whole fish specimen fixed in formalin
  • GenBank Accession Number »   OR524273
  • Curated by »   Maybelle Fortaleza
  • Last Updated »   Nov. 20, 2024, 9:31 a.m.
  • Cite this page as: Fortaleza, M.A., Labrador, K.L., Lanutan, J.J., Bacus, M.G., Consuegra, J.M., del Fierro, J.E.L.F., Sobradil, R.B., Opina, R.L., Cabasan, J.P., Eballe, A.C. and Gumanao, G.S., 2024. The marine fishes from southern Mindanao, Philippines, including a DNA barcode reference library of commercially important species. Bulletin of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0116
  • DNA Sequence »

    GATATCGGCACCCTTTACCTAGTGTTTGGTGCCTGGGCCGGAATAGTTGGAACTGCTTTAAGCCTGCTCATTCGAGCCGAATTAAGCCAACCTGGAGCCCTTCTTGGGGACGACCAAATCTATAATGTAATCGTTACGGCTCACGCATTCGTAATGATTTTCTTTATAGTTATACCCATCATGATTGGAGGCTTCGGGAACTGACTTATCCCTTTAATGATCGGAGCCCCCGATATGGCCTTCCCTCGAATGAACAACATAAGCTTCTGACTTCTACCGCCTTCTTTTCTCTTACTTCTAGCCTCCTCAGGTGTAGAAGCTGGGGCAGGAACTGGATGAACAGTATACCCCCCACTAGCAGGAAACCTTGCTCACGCTGGTGCATCCGTAGACTTAACAATTTTCTCCCTTCACCTCGCGGGGATCTCGTCAATCCTGGGAGCAATTAATTTCATTACCACAATTATTAATATAAAACCACCCGCTATCTCCCAATATCAAACACCTCTCTTCGTGTGAGCTGTATTAATTACTGCTGTTCTTCTTCTTCTCTCACTTCCAGTGCTTGCTGCAGGTATTACAATACTACTAACTGACCGAAACTTAAACACTACCTTTTTTGACCCAGCAGGTGGGGGAGACCCTATTCTTTATCAACACTTATTCTGATTCTTC