Blue parrotfish Facts
Thursday 14 November 2013
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| Blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus) |
The Blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus) is a member of the parrotfish genus Scarus. They are uniformly blue and they have a yellow spot in their heads that fades as they age. They average 30-75 cm in length with a max length of 1.2 m. Male specimens can grow to up to 120 cm. They develop a large "beak" like other parrotfish that is used for scraping algae and small organisms from rocks.
Article source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_parrotfish
Scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Actinopterygii, Order: Perciformes, Family: Scaridae, Genus: Scarus, Species: S. coeruleus, Binomial name: Scarus coeruleus