Palenose Parrotfish
Scarus psittacus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,739
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Scarus psittacus, the common parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. Other common names for this species include the palenose parrotfish, Batavian parrotfish and the rosy-cheek parrotfish. It has a wide distribution in the Indo-Pacific region where it is associated with coral reefs. This species is utilised as food. It is the type species of the genus Scarus.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Scarus psittacus”.