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Saddled Parrotfish
Chlorurus cyanescens
Chlorurus cyanescens, also known as the blue humphead parrotfish or the saddled parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae.
From the article Chlorurus cyanescens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This species is mainly found in western Indian Ocean. The habitat of this species is known only from the peripheries of South Africa, Zanzibar, Madagascar, and Mauritius, but it is probably more widespread.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 97640.