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 !

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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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(Chaetodon ornatissimus)

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(Bodianus dictynna)

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(Ablabys macracanthus)

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(Ostracion meleagris)

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