tricolour parrotfish

Scarus tricolor

Purple bands inside tail fin lobes

tricolour parrotfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 52.7 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Scarus
Maximum length: 52.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: widespread in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 9793 ), ranging from East Africa south to Natal, South Africa (Ref. 5490 ) and east to Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago, and Maldives through the eastern Indian Ocean to French Polynesia and Pitcairn. Replaced by Scarus forsteni in most of the Pacific, with overlapping distributions in the Philippines, eastern Indonesia and Palau (Ref. 37816 ). Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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