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parrotfish Parrotfishes are a group of about 90 fish species regarded as a family (Scaridae), or a subfamily (Scarinae) of the wrasses. With about 95 species, this group's largest species richness is in the Indo-Pacific. They are found in coral reefs, ...

from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are 18 species: *''

Chlorurus atrilunula ''Chlorurus '' is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are 18 species: *'' Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & Bruce, 1983) *'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''Chlorurus bowersi'' ( Snyder, 1909) * ...

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, 1983) *''

Chlorurus bleekeri ''Chlorurus bleekeri'', known commonly as Bleeker's parrotfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae. Bleeker's parrotfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a v ...

'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''

Chlorurus bowersi ''Chlorurus bowersi'', Bower's parrotfish or the orange-blotch parrotfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in the north to Java, Pa ...

'' ( Snyder, 1909) *''

Chlorurus capistratoides ''Chlorurus capistratoides'', commonly known as the Indian parrotfish or the pink-margined parrotfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. This species is native to the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific ...

'' (Bleeker, 1847) *''

Chlorurus cyanescens ''Chlorurus '' is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are 18 species: *'' Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & Bruce, 1983) *'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''Chlorurus bowersi'' ( Snyder, 1909) * ...

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, 1840) *''

Chlorurus enneacanthus ''Chlorurus enneacanthus'', known commonly as the captain parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean region. Its range extends fr ...

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, 1802) *''

Chlorurus frontalis ''Chlorurus '' is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are 18 species: *''Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & Bruce, 1983) *'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''Chlorurus bowersi'' ( Snyder, 1909) *' ...

'' (Valenciennes, 1840) *''

Chlorurus genazonatus ''Chlorurus '' is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are 18 species: *''Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & Bruce, 1983) *'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''Chlorurus bowersi'' ( Snyder, 1909) *' ...

'' (Randall & Bruce, 1983) *''

Chlorurus gibbus ''Chlorurus gibbus'', the heavybeak parrotfish, gibbus parrotfish or Red Sea steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the Red Sea. Description ''Chlorurus gibbus'' is a l ...

'' (Rüppell, 1829) *''

Chlorurus japanensis ''Chlorurus '' is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are 18 species: *''Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & Bruce, 1983) *'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''Chlorurus bowersi'' ( Snyder, 1909) *' ...

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, 1789) *''

Chlorurus microrhinos ''Chlorurus microrhinos'', the blunt-head parrotfish or steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Distribution This species is one of the most wi ...

'' (Bleeker, 1854) *''

Chlorurus oedema ''Chlorurus '' is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are 18 species: *'' Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & Bruce, 1983) *'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''Chlorurus bowersi'' ( Snyder, 1909) * ...

'' (Snyder, 1909) *''

Chlorurus perspicillatus ''Chlorurus perspicillatus'', known officially by the English name, spectacled parrotfish, given by professional ichthyologists and Ichthyology or ''uhu-uliuli'' as a well-established Hawaiian name for many hundreds of years, is a species of mari ...

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, 1879) *''

Chlorurus rhakoura ''Chlorurus '' is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Species There are 18 species: *'' Chlorurus atrilunula'' ( Randall & Bruce, 1983) *'' Chlorurus bleekeri'' ( de Beaufort, 1940) *''Chlorurus bowersi'' ( Snyder, 1909) * ...

'' Randall & Anderson, 1997 *''

Chlorurus sordidus ''Chlorurus sordidus'', known commonly as the daisy parrotfish or bullethead parrotfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae. Description The initial phase has very variable colouration. The smaller fishes can be a uniform dark ...

'' ( Forsskål, 1775) *''

Chlorurus spilurus ''Chlorurus spilurus'', known commonly as the Pacific daisy parrotfish or Pacific bullethead parrotfish and in Hawaiian called uhu, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae. The Pacific daisy parrotfish is widespread throughout the tr ...

'' (Valenciennes, 1840) *''

Chlorurus strongylocephalus ''Chlorurus strongylocephalus'', commonly known as the steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae which is native to the Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs. Its range extends f ...

'' (Bleeker, 1855) *''

Chlorurus troschelii ''Chlorurus troschelii'', commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the Family (biology), family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs. Etymolog ...

'' (Bleeker, 1853)

Gallery

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References

Scaridae Marine fish genera Taxa named by William John Swainson {{Ray-finned fish-stub