Sealife guideThe rusty parrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
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)

Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
(Scarus coeruleus)

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
(Scarus coelestinus)

Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
(Scarus taeniopterus)

Queen parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
(Scarus vetula)

Swarthy Parrotfish
(Scarus niger)
(Scarus niger)
Within the same family

Bumphead parrotfish
(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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Black and gold chromis
(Neoglyphidodon nigroris)
(Neoglyphidodon nigroris)

Floral wrasse
(Cheilinus chlorourus)
(Cheilinus chlorourus)

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(Opsanus tau)
(Opsanus tau)

Sailfin tang
(Zebrasoma velifer)
(Zebrasoma velifer)

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(Eurypegasus draconis)
(Eurypegasus draconis)

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(Chaetodon citrinellus)
(Chaetodon citrinellus)

Striped surgeonfish
(Acanthurus lineatus)
(Acanthurus lineatus)

Yellow banded pipefish
(Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)
(Dunckerocampus pessuliferus)
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