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blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)
Subject: blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)
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Scarus coeruleus in Madagascar Reef - blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus).jpg
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blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)


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English: Scarus coeruleus in Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico
Date 10 May 2014, 02:47:55
Source Simões, N.; Zarco Perello, S.; Moreno Mendoza, R. (2014). "Checklist of Fishes from Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, México". Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1100. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1100
Author Simões, N.; Zarco Perello, S.; Moreno Mendoza, R.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scarus_coeruleus_in_Madagascar_Reef.jpg

The blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus) is a member of the parrotfish genus Scarus. It is found on coral reefs in shallow water in the tropical and subtropical parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. They are uniformly blue with a yellow spot on their heads that fades as they age. They average 30–75 cm in length with a maximum length of 1.2 m. They develop a large "beak" like other parrotfish that is used for scraping algae and small organisms from rocks. Order: Perciformes, Family: Scaridae, Genus: Scarus, Species: Scarus coeruleus Edwards, 1771.

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Scarus coeruleus (Blue Kwab, Blueman, Blue Parrotfish, Kwab)
Scientific Name: Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)
Common Names:
English – Blue Parrotfish, Blue Kwab, Kwab, Blueman
French – Perroquet Bleu
Spanish – Guacamaya Azul, Jabón, Loro Azul, loro azul
Synonyms:
Calliodon gibbosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Coryphaena coerulea Edwards, 1771
Coryphaena coerulea Bloch, 1786
Scarus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Scarus coerulus (Bloch, 1786)
Scarus loro Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Scarus nuchalis Poey, 1860
Scarus obtusus Poey, 1860
Scarus trilobatus Lacepède, 1802
Sparus holocyaneos Lacepède, 1802

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