Yellowband parrotfish

Scarus schlegeli

Forty Centimeters Wrasse of the Eastern Indian Ocean

Yellowband parrotfish is known around Pacific Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 40 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Scarus
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: Cocos (Ref. 9399 ) and Christmas (Ref. 30874 ) islands in the eastern Indian Ocean; then from Moluccas to the Tuamoto and Austral islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Shark Bay and the southern Great Barrier Reef and Rapa.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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