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Sealife guideThe blue-barred parrotfishScarus ghobban
Last updated on 03/01/2024 at 07:53 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Blue-barred parrotfish
French namesPoisson perroquet barbe bleuePoisson perroquet crèmePoisson perroquet sourisPoisson perroquet à bandes bleuesPoisson perroquet à écailles jaunes
Spanish namesLoro barbazul
Scientific nameScarus ghobban (Forsskål, 1775)
FamilyScaridae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The blue-barred parrotfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The blue-barred parrotfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Least Concern !
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Within the same genus
Blue parrotfishScarus coeruleus
Ember parrotfishScarus rubroviolaceus
Midnight parrotfishScarus coelestinus
Princess parrotfishScarus taeniopterus
Queen parrotfishScarus vetula
Rusty parrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Swarthy ParrotfishScarus niger
Within the same family
Bumphead parrotfishBolbometopon muricatum
European parrotfishSparisoma cretense
Redband parrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Stoplight parrotfishSparisoma viride
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