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Scarus
Scarus is a genus of parrotfish. With 52 currently recognised extant species, it is by far the largest genus in this group. The vast majority are found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific, but a small number of species are found in the warmer parts of the eastern Pacific, and the western and eastern Atlantic. Most are very colourful, and have strikingly different initial (males and females) and terminal (males only) phases. Most species have a maximum...
52 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 52 known species
Blue-barred Parrotfish
speciesScarus ghobban
Redlip Parrotfish
speciesScarus rubroviolaceus
Striped Parrotfish
speciesScarus iseri
Palenose Parrotfish
speciesScarus psittacus
Swarthy Parrotfish
speciesScarus niger
Sixband Parrotfish
speciesScarus frenatus
Queen Parrotfish
speciesScarus vetula
Surf Parrotfish
speciesScarus rivulatus
Rainbow Parrotfish
speciesScarus guacamaia
Princess Parrotfish
speciesScarus taeniopterus
Yellowbar Parrotfish
speciesScarus schlegeli
Darkcap Parrotfish
speciesScarus oviceps
Rusty Parrotfish
speciesScarus ferrugineus
Yellow-barred Parrotfish
speciesScarus dimidiatus
Filament-fin Parrotfish
speciesScarus altipinnis
Greencheek Parrotfish
speciesScarus prasiognathos
Greenblotch Parrotfish
speciesScarus quoyi
Blue Parrotfish
speciesScarus coeruleus
Tricolour Parrotfish
speciesScarus tricolor
Bluepatch Parrotfish
speciesScarus forsteni
Midnight Parrotfish
speciesScarus coelestinus
Greensnout Parrotfish
speciesScarus spinus
Bumphead Parrotfish
speciesScarus perrico
Yellowfin Parrotfish
speciesScarus flavipectoralis
Chameleon Parrotfish
speciesScarus chameleon
Violetline Parrotfish
speciesScarus globiceps
Purple-brown Parrotfish
speciesScarus fuscopurpureus
Five-saddle Parrotfish
speciesScarus scaber
East-Indies Parrotfish
speciesScarus hypselopterus
Azure Parrotfish
speciesScarus compressus
Guinean Parrotfish
speciesScarus hoefleri
Persian Parrotfish
speciesScarus persicus
Eclipse Parrotfish
speciesScarus russelii
Festive Parrotfish
speciesScarus festivus
Sicklefin parrotfish
speciesScarus falcipinnis
Highfin Parrotfish
speciesScarus longipinnis
Red Parrotfish
speciesScarus xanthopleura
Knobsnout Parrotfish
speciesScarus ovifrons
Darktail Parrotfish
speciesScarus fuscocaudalis
Redbarred Parrotfish
speciesScarus caudofasciatus
Greenback Parrotfish
speciesScarus trispinosus
Regal Parrotfish
speciesScarus dubius
Greenhead Parrotfish
speciesScarus collana
Dhofar Parrotfish
speciesScarus zufar
Brazilian Striped Parrotfish
speciesScarus zelindae
Green-snout Parrotfish
speciesScarus viridifucatus
Spotfin parrotfish
speciesScarus maculipinna
Marquesan parrotfish
speciesScarus koputea
Arabian Parrotfish
speciesScarus arabicus
Ogasawara Parrotfish
speciesScarus obishime
Chinese Parrotfish
speciesScarus chinensis
Scarus gracilis
speciesScarus gracilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Books on Marine Fishes
Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.190
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.732
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.693
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.381
Hōrou Apollōnos Neilōou Hieroglyphika eklekta = : Hori Apollinis selecta hieroglyphica, sive sacrae notae Aegyptiorum, & insculptae imagines
Horapollo · 1597 · p.250
Ten Books of Exotic Things
Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.515
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.475
Hōrou Apollōnos Neilōou Hieroglyphika eklekta = : Hori Apollinis selecta hieroglyphica, sive sacrae notae Aegyptiorum, & insculptae imagines
Horapollo · 1597 · p.251
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49693.