''Scarus festivus'', the festive parrotfish, is a species of marine
ray-finned fish, a
parrotfish in the
family Scaridae. This species has a wide
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
distribution and is found from the coast of East Africa east as far as the
Tuamotu islands and north to the
Ryukyu Islands of Japan and south to
Lord Howe Island, Australia. This is an uncommon species which is found in clear lagoons and off seaward reefs where it grazes on benthic algae.
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References
festivus
Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes
Fish described in 1840
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