ember parrotfish

Scarus rubroviolaceus

Seventy Centimeters Wrasse of the South African Coast

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

The ember parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is also known as the bicolor parrotfish and the redlip parrotfish.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Scarus
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa south to Durban, South Africa (Ref. 5490 ) and east to the Tuamoto Islands, north to the Ryukyu and Hawaiian islands, south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and the southern Great Barrier Reef. Excluding Rapa and Austral Islands (Ref. 86689 ). Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 5227 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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