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Parrotfishes
Scarinae
Parrotfish are a group of fish species traditionally regarded as a family (Scaridae), but now often treated as a subfamily (Scarinae) or tribe (Scarini) of the wrasses (Labridae). With roughly 95 species, this group's largest species richness is in the Indo-Pacific. They are found in coral reefs, rocky coasts, and seagrass beds, and can play a significant role in bioerosion.
10 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 100 known species
Scarus
genusScarus
Sparisoma
genusSparisoma
Chlorurus
genusChlorurus
Cetoscarus
genusCetoscarus
Longnose Parrotfishes
genusHipposcarus
Calotomus
genusCalotomus
Bolbometopon
genusBolbometopon
Nicholsina
genusNicholsina
Leptoscarus
genusLeptoscarus
Cryptotomus
genusCryptotomus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 516508.