Sealife guideThe midnight parrotfishScarus coelestinus

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Midnight parrotfish
  • French name: Poisson perroquet noir
  • Spanish name: Loro de medianoche
  • Scientific name: Scarus coelestinus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Family name: Scaridae
  • Order name: Perciformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The midnight parrotfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The midnight parrotfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Data Deficient !
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