Sealife guideThe blue-barred parrotfishScarus ghobban
Last updated on 03/01/2024 at 07:53 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Blue-barred parrotfish
- French name: Poisson perroquet barbe bleue, poisson perroquet crème, poisson perroquet souris, poisson perroquet à bandes bleues, poisson perroquet à écailles jaunes
- Spanish name: Loro barbazul
- Scientific name: Scarus ghobban (Forsskål, 1775)
- Family name: Scaridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
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 !
Within the same genus

Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)

Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)

Queen parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)

Rusty parrotfish
(Scarus ferrugineus)

Swarthy Parrotfish
(Scarus niger)
Within the same family

Bumphead parrotfish
(Bolbometopon muricatum)

European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)

Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)

Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
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(Stonogobiops nematodes)

Moorish idol
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(Acanthurus leucosternon)

Semicircle angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

Spanish hogfish
(Bodianus rufus)

Surge wrasse
(Thalassoma purpureum)
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L'archipel des Seychelles
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