Sealife guideThe bumphead parrotfishBolbometopon muricatum

Last updated on 06/10/2024 at 11:44 PM

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

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)

Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)

Queen parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)

Rusty parrotfish
(Scarus ferrugineus)

Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)

Swarthy Parrotfish
(Scarus niger)

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Doctorfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)

Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)

European conger eel
(Conger conger)

Smooth trunkfish
(Rhinesomus triqueter)

Spotted drum
(Equetus punctatus)

Sunset wrasse
(Thalassoma lutescens)

Tomato grouper
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)

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