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Scarus coelestinus |
Genus Scarus: Fifty species. | Scarus altipinnis (Steindachner 1879), the Filament-Finned Parrotfish. To two feet in length. Pacific Ocean. This supermale and juvenile photographed in the Cooks. |   |
| Scarus chameleon Choat & Randall 1986, the Chameleon Parrotfish. Western Pacific; W. Australia on over to Fiji. To about a foot long. This male/terminal one off Queensland, Australia. Males and females (initial and terminal phases) variable and changeable in coloring as the name implies. | 
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| Scarus coelestinus Valenciennes 1840, the Midnight Parrotfish. Western Atlantic; Bermuda to Brazil. To thirty one inches in length. First two, Bahamas pix of fourteen inch individual, last a two-footer off of Boynton Beach, FLA. |  
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| Scarus coeruleus (Bloch 1796), the Blue Parrotfish. Western Atlantic; Maryland to Brazil, West Indies. To nearly four feet in length. Bahamas and Cozumel pix. |  
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| Scarus ferrugineus Forsskal 1775, the Rusty Parrotfish. Red Sea and Gulf of Aden endemic. To 41 cm. Pictured below: Subadult, initial and terminal phase individuals off of Sharm el Sheik. |
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| Scarus frenatus Lacepede 1802, the Bridled Parrotfish. Indo-Pacific. To 47 cm. in length. Initial phase here in Queensland, Australia; terminal in the Maldives. |  
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| Scarus genozonatus (Randall & Bruce 1983), the Sinai Parrotfish. Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. To 31 cm. in length. Feed on algae growing on coral, rock. Sharm el Sheik, Red Sea pix of a terminal male. | 
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| Scarus ghobban Forsskal 1775, the Bluebarred Parrotfish. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea to Peru... a Lessepsian species, found in the Mediterranean. To 90 cm. in length. Feed on algae growing on coral, rock. Pix of initial and terminal stage individuals in the Galapagos. |  
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| Scarus guacamaia Cuvier 1829, the Rainbow Parrotfish. Western Atlantic; Bermuda, Florida to Argentina, northern part of the Gulf of Mexico. To nearly four feet in length. Bahamas and Tobago pix of terminal males. | 
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| Scarus psittacus Forsskal 1775, the Common or Palenose Parrotfish. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea, southern Africa to Hawai'i and the Marquesas. To a foot in length. Terminal phases off Two-Step off the Big Island of Hawai'i and in the upper Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. |  
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| Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker 1847, the Ember Parrotfish. Indo-pan-Pacific; eastern Africa to Panama, including Hawaii and Galapagos Islands. To twenty eight inches in length. Shown, a female and male off Gili Air, Lombok, Indonesia, and an initial phase terminal phase individuals in the Galapagos below. |  
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| Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker 1861), Schlegel's Parrotfish. Found throughout the Pacific with the exception of coastlines generally. To fifteen inches in length. Shown: A male off of Queensland Australia. | 
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| Scarus spinus (Kner 1868), the Greensnout Parrotfish. Western Indo-Pacific; Christmas Island to the Philippines, Micronesia. To a mere foot in length. Male photographed off of Gili Air, Lombok, Indonesia. | 
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| Scarus taeniopterus Desmarest 1831, the Princess Parrotfish. Western Atlantic; Bermuda to Brazil. To fourteen inches overall length. Likely the most commonly utilized species (of only a handful) used in the ornamental trade of this family. Due to better collection, holding and shipping more arrive in good condition and live. Though most are dead within a month of collection. Juvenile, initial and terminal phase individuals in Cancun (first), Bahamas, and Bonaire respectively. |
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| Scarus vetula Bloch & Schneider 1801, the Queen Parrotfish. Western Atlantic; Bermuda to Argentina. To two feet in length. A smaller species that occasionally makes its way into pet-fish markets. Bahamas pix of an initial phase and profile of a terminal one. |  
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