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common parrotfish (Scarus psittacus)
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Labridae

common parrotfish

Scarus psittacus

Forty Three Centimeters Wrasse from the Hawaiian Islands

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

common parrotfish is known from Indo-Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Family
Labridae
Genus
Scarus
Maximum length
43 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Sodwana Bay, South Africa (Ref. 5490 ) and east to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and Lord Howe Island.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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