Sealife guideThe rusty parrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Taxonomy
- Common name: Rusty parrotfish
- French name: Poisson perroquet rouille
- Scientific name: Scarus ferrugineus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Family name: Scaridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Within the same genus

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

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
(Scarus coeruleus)

Swarthy Parrotfish
(Scarus niger)
(Scarus niger)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
(Scarus coelestinus)

Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
(Scarus taeniopterus)

Queen parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
(Scarus vetula)
Within the same family

Bumphead parrotfish
(Bolbometopon muricatum)
(Bolbometopon muricatum)

Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
(Sparisoma viride)

European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)
(Sparisoma cretense)

Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
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Pajama cardinalfish
(Sphaeramia nematoptera)
(Sphaeramia nematoptera)

Valentin's sharpnose puffer
(Canthigaster valentini)
(Canthigaster valentini)

Blue runner
(Caranx crysos)
(Caranx crysos)

Axilspot hogfish
(Bodianus axillaris)
(Bodianus axillaris)

Ribbon eel
(Rhinomuraena quaesita)
(Rhinomuraena quaesita)

Vermiculated angelfish
(Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)
(Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus)

Black-spot surgeonfish
(Acanthurus bariene)
(Acanthurus bariene)

Banded messmate pipefish
(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
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