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Highfin parrotfish (Scarus longipinnis)
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Highfin parrotfish (Scarus longipinnis) specimen
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Labridae

Highfin parrotfish

Scarus longipinnis

Wrasse Reaching Forty Centimeters

  • Cross-climate
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Highfin parrotfish is known around South Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 40 cm.

Family
Labridae
Genus
Scarus
Maximum length
40 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
South Pacific: subtropical Pacific from the Great Barrier Reef to Pitcairn.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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