Sealife guideThe queen parrotfishScarus vetula
Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Queen parrotfish
- French name: Poisson perroquet royal
- Spanish name: Loro reina
- Scientific name: Scarus vetula (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Family name: Scaridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The queen parrotfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The queen parrotfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus

Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)
(Scarus ghobban)

Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
(Scarus coeruleus)

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
(Scarus coelestinus)

Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
(Scarus taeniopterus)

Rusty parrotfish
(Scarus ferrugineus)
(Scarus ferrugineus)

Swarthy Parrotfish
(Scarus niger)
(Scarus niger)
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(Bolbometopon muricatum)
(Bolbometopon muricatum)

European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)
(Sparisoma cretense)

Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)

Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
(Sparisoma viride)
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(Arothron hispidus)
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