Sealife guideThe blue parrotfishScarus coeruleus

Last updated on 04/22/2024 at 12:06 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Blue parrotfish
French name: Poisson perroquet bleu
Scientific name: Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)
Family name: Scaridae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The blue parrotfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The blue parrotfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Least Concern !

The blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)

Within the same genus

Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)

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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(Bodianus dictynna)

Peacock flounder
(Bothus lunatus)

Redfin emperor
(Monotaxis heterodon)

Redtail butterflyfish
(Chaetodon collare)

Y-bar shrimp goby
(Cryptocentrus fasciatus)

Zebra seabream
(Diplodus cervinus)

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