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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. |
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| 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 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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