Sealife guideThe bumphead parrotfishBolbometopon muricatum

Taxonomy

Common name: Bumphead parrotfish
French name: Poisson perroquet à bosse
Scientific name: Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
Family name: Scaridae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

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

The bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) © Nicolas Voisin | Dreamstime.com

The bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) © Toby Gibson | Dreamstime.com

Within the same family

Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)

European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)

Rusty parrotfish
(Scarus ferrugineus)

Queen parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)

Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)

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