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

The rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus) © Amilevin | Dreamstime.com

Le poisson perroquet rouille femelle () (Scarus ferrugineus) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)

Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)

Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)

Queen parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)

Swarthy Parrotfish
(Scarus niger)

Within the same family

Bumphead parrotfish
(Bolbometopon muricatum)

European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)

Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)

Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)

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Banded snake eel
(Myrichthys colubrinus)

Blackspot razorfish
(Iniistius dea)

Dogtooth tuna
(Gymnosarda unicolor)

Glasseye snapper
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)

Peacock grouper
(Cephalopholis argus)

Powder blue tang
(Acanthurus leucosternon)

Six line wrasse
(Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)

Tompot blenny
(Parablennius gattorugine)

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