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Nicholsina denticulata
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Nicholsina denticulata

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Nicholsina denticulata
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Nicholsina denticulata
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Nicholsina denticulata

Nicholsina denticulata
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Nicholsina denticulata
Nicholsina denticulata
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Nicholsina denticulata

Nicholsina denticulata
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Nicholsina denticulata
Nicholsina
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Nicholsina
Kinds
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Overview
Main identification features
  • teeth in rows
  • no canines beside top jaw
  • throat: flap under gills
NICHOLSINA

PARROTFISHES

Body elongate, robust; teeth not fused into a beak, free, with flattened pointed tips, in 2-7 overlapping rows; without canines on side of rear of top jaw; gill membranes with free fold of skin at midline under throat; 1 row of scales on cheek; lateral line in 2 sections.

This tropical genus, with 2 species, is restricted to the eastern Pacific and both sides of the Atlantic; 1 species is endemic to our region.


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