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blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)
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Labridae

blue parrotfish

Scarus coeruleus

Fish Reaching One Hundred Twenty Centimeters in Mexican Waters

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

blue parrotfish is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 120 cm.

Family
Labridae
Genus
Scarus
Maximum length
120 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Maryland in the USA, Bermuda and Bahamas to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 13628 ), including the West Indies (Ref. 3802 ); absent in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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