Bluebarred Parrotfish

Scarus ghobban

Blueish-green with blue pectoral fins and significant scale marking. IP: yellow with blue, several bands forming patches.

Size : 75 cm

Habitat : Inhabits protected rock and coral reefs, often also in murky and muddy water, 1-35 m. Juveniles also in groups above seagrass fields.

Distribution : Red Sea and East Africa to SW Japan, Galapagos, Panama and French Polynesia.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Perciformes

FAMILY

:

Scaridae

GENUS

:

Scarus

SPECIES

:

Scarus ghobban

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner