Family

Scaridae

47 species · Animals

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Redtail Parrotfish

Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Sparisoma chrysopterum is a parrotfish species found in the western Atlantic, with described physical traits and a clarified taxonomic history.

Redband Parrotfish

Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)

Sparisoma aurofrenatum is a fish that grows to 28 cm, found in western Atlantic reefs, with juveniles in seagrass beds.

European Parrotfish

Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sparisoma cretense, the Mediterranean parrotfish, is a warm-preferring parrotfish found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, commercially fished but not threatened.

Yellowtail Parrotfish

Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840)

Sparisoma rubripinne is a medium-sized parrotfish with distinct coloration across its different life phases.

Stoplight Parrotfish

Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Sparisoma viride, the stoplight parrotfish, is a sex-changing Caribbean coral reef parrotfish that feeds on algae and is ecologically important.

Redtail Parrotfish

Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)

Chlorurus japanensis is a fish species from the Pacific Ocean with distinctive coloration and fin scale features, that is oviparous with distinct breeding pairs.

Steephead Parrotfish

Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854)

Chlorurus microrhinos, the blunt-head parrotfish, is a widespread Indo-Pacific parrotfish that grazes algae on coral reefs.

Steephead Parrotfish

Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell, 1829)

Chlorurus gibbus is a large parrotfish species endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba that grazes on filamentous algae.

Indian Bullethead Parrotfish

Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)

Chlorurus sordidus is a variable, widespread medium-sized protogynous hermaphrodite parrotfish of the Indo-Pacific tropics.

Bleeker's Parrotfish

Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)

Bleeker's parrotfish (Chlorurus bleekeri) is a medium-sized Indo-Pacific marine parrotfish that feeds on filamentous algae.

Bowers' Parrotfish

Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder, 1909)

Chlorurus bowersi is a parrotfish species that grazes algae on coral reefs and has distinct jaw and reproductive traits.

Pink-margined Parrotfish

Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847)

Chlorurus capistratoides is a reef-dwelling parrotfish native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans that feeds on filamentous algae.

Spectacled Parrotfish

Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879)

Chlorurus perspicillatus, or the spectacled parrotfish, is a reef-dwelling fish that changes sex from female to male as it matures.

Roundhead Parrotfish

Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855)

Chlorurus strongylocephalus, the steephead parrotfish, is an Indian Ocean coral reef-dwelling parrotfish in the Scaridae family that forms a species complex with two other related species.

Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Chlorurus spilurus is a parrotfish species found in coral reefs and lagoons across the Western and Central Pacific, with distinct coloration by life phase.

Bumphead Parrotfish

Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840)

Bolbometopon muricatum, the green humphead parrotfish, is a gregarious, slow-growing reef fish with distinct life stages.

Star-eye Parrotfish

Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Calotomus carolinus, or Caroline's parrotfish, is a protogynous hermaphroditic Indo-Pacific parrotfish that changes appearance as it matures and feeds on algae and seagrass.