Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific) (Scarus ghobban)
Key facts
- Scientific name
- Scarus ghobban
- Common name
- Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific)
- Category
- Fish
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Scarus
- Size
- 30–90 cm
- Depth
- 3–30 m
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
- Danger level
- Harmless
- Habitats
- coral-reef, seagrass
- Behaviours
- schooling, grazer
- Ocean zones
- Asian Pacific, Caribbean, Indian Ocean & Red Sea, Eastern Pacific
Description
Scarus ghobban reaches 90 cm. Large parrotfish with extraordinary circumtropical distribution, present from Red Sea to Polynesia, but also in Eastern Pacific in Mexico and Peru. First enriched in batch 11 (Indo-Pacific). Same biology but in this Eastern Pacific context, particularly notable as one of the few Scaridae to have colonized both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Terminal males blue-green, females yellow-orange. Herbivore. Dimorphism and harem spawning. Photo subject in tropical Latin American dives.
Photo of Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific)
Frequently asked questions
- How big is the Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific)?
- Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific) (Scarus ghobban) reaches 30–90 cm in length.
- At what depth can you find the Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific)?
- Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific) is found between 3–30 m deep.
- Is the Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific) dangerous to divers?
- Danger level: Harmless.
- What is the conservation status of the Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific)?
- IUCN status: Least concern (LC).
- Where can you find the Blue-barred parrotfish (Eastern Pacific)?
- Found in: Asian Pacific, Caribbean, Indian Ocean & Red Sea, Eastern Pacific.
Other species in the genus Scarus
- Scarus iseri - Striped parrotfish
- Scarus coelestinus - Midnight parrotfish
- Scarus coeruleus - Blue parrotfish
- Scarus vetula - Queen parrotfish
- Scarus taeniopterus - Princess parrotfish
- Scarus perrico - Bumphead parrotfish Pacific
Other species in the family Labridae
- Labrus merula - Brown wrasse
- Bodianus rufus - Spanish hogfish
- Bodianus pulchellus - Cuban hogfish
- Halichoeres pictus - Rainbow wrasse
- Halichoeres cyanocephalus - Yellowcheek wrasse
- Sparisoma chrysopterum - Redtail parrotfish
Sources
- Taxonomy: WoRMS (AphiaID 219127)
- Photos: iNaturalist (CC BY-NC)
- Distribution: GBIF (taxonKey 2393577)
- Conservation: IUCN Red List
- Encyclopedia: Wikipedia