Blue-barred parrotfish
Scarus ghobban
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A parrotfish from the Indo-Pacific, from East Africa to Japan, Australia and French Polynesia, and also the eastern Pacific (Galápagos).
- Scientific name
- Scarus ghobban
- Family
- Scaridae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Scaridae
- Order
- Eupercaria/misc
- Synonyms
- Callyodon apridentatus, Callyodon dussumieri, Callyodon fuscocuneus, Callyodon ghobban, Callyodon guttatus, Callyodon speigleri, Hemistoma reticulata, Pseudoscarus californiensis, Pseudoscarus cantori, Pseudoscarus flavipinnis, Pseudoscarus garretti, Pseudoscarus natalensis, Pseudoscarus nudirostris, Pseudoscarus papuensis, Scarus azureus
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia, América do Norte, América do Sul, África
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 75 cm
- Lifespan
- 13 years
Behavior
- Diet
- Detritivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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