Blackspot Tuskfish
Choerodon schoenleinii
The Blackspot Tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii) is a tropical marine fish of the family Labridae. It lives on and around reefs, between 10 and 60 m deep. It grows to 100 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened.
- Size
- 100 cmtotal length
- Depth
- 10–60 m
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Marine
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Coral and rocky reefs
- Aquarium trade
- Traded commercially
Depth
surface
10 m60 m
Conservation status
Classification
- FamilyLabridae
- GenusChoerodon
- SpeciesChoerodon schoenleinii
Quick answers
- Blackspot Tuskfish size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 100 cm (total length).
- Blackspot Tuskfish: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Near Threatened.
Related species
Baldchin GroperChoerodon rubescens
Blue TuskfishChoerodon cyanodus
Anchor TuskfishChoerodon anchorago
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.