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rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia)
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Labridae

rainbow parrotfish

Scarus guacamaia

Green tongue with blue green dental plates

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

rainbow parrotfish is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 120 cm.

Family
Labridae
Genus
Scarus
Maximum length
120 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), and the Bahamas to Argentina; absent in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation status
NTNear Threatened

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