Blue Tuskfish
Choerodon cyanodus
The Blue Tuskfish (Choerodon cyanodus) is a subtropical marine fish of the family Labridae. It lives on and around reefs. It grows to 70 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 70 cmtotal length
- Climate zone
- Subtropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Subtropical
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
- Aquarium trade
- Traded commercially
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyLabridae
- GenusChoerodon
- SpeciesChoerodon cyanodus
Quick answers
- Blue Tuskfish size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 70 cm (total length).
- Blue Tuskfish: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Anchor TuskfishChoerodon anchorago
Baldchin GroperChoerodon rubescens
Blackspot TuskfishChoerodon schoenleinii
Bluespotted TuskfishChoerodon cauteroma
Harlequin TuskfishChoerodon fasciatus
Lunare wrasseThalassoma lunare
Leopard wrasseMacropharyngodon meleagris
Cleaner wrasseLabroides dimidiatus
Melanurus wrasseHalichoeres melanurus
Scott's fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus scottorum
Exquisite fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitus
Yellow coris wrasseHalichoeres chrysus
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.