Biology:Dark-capped parrotfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Dark-capped parrotfish
Dark-capped Parrotfish.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. oviceps
Binomial name
Scarus oviceps
Valenciennes, 1840

The dark-capped parrotfish (Scarus oviceps), also known as the blue parrotfish, egghead parrotfish or yellow-barred parrotfish[2] is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Scaridae. This species inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from Mauritius in the east to the Tuamotus and the Line Islands in the west, north to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.[3]

References

  1. Allen, G.; Gon, O. (2012). "Scarus oviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T154960A17896485. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T154960A17896485.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154960/17896485. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. "Scarus oviceps". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. http://136.154.202.208/home/species/927. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Scarus oviceps" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1822010 entry