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The midnight parrotfish can take up to 16,000 bites a day as an adult, and 28,000 a day as a juvenile. [6] In addition to herbivory, evidence suggests that midnight parrotfish also consume sergeant major damselfish eggs. [7] Unlike other species of parrotfish that live in mangrove forests, the midnight parrotfish has not been shown to consume ...
Labriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the wrasses, cales and parrotfishes, within the clade Percomorpha. [3] Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within the Perciformes while others include more families within the Labriformes, such as the cichlids and damselfishes, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World includes just three listed in the section ...
Scarus is a genus of parrotfishes.With 52 currently recognised extant species, [3] it is by far the largest parrotfish genus. The vast majority are found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific, but a small number of species are found in the warmer parts of the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic, with a single species, Scarus hoefleri in the eastern Atlantic.
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When William Swainson described the genus Sparisoma in 1839 he designated Sparus abildgaardi as its type species, [5] Although the specific name abildgaardi would appear to have precedence over chrysopterum, the latter is the more widely used name and the former was long mistakenly thought to be synonymous with Sparisoma viride. [6]
Scarus zelindae is a species of fish of the Scaridae family in the order Perciformes. This species of Parrotfish can be brown, blue, green, yellow, and purple and can change their colors several times throughout their lifetime.
Scarus fuscopurpureus is oviparous and the male and female form pairs for spawning.They can be usually found in pairs or small groups. [2] The age of sexual maturation in parrotfishes may vary from 1–3 years depending on the species, this includes the transformation of sexes from female to male in some parrotfishes [11] Like many of the species of the family Scarus, the purple-brown ...
Sparisoma rubripinne is a medium-sized parrotfish that grows to a maximum length of 47.8 cm. [3] Juveniles and initial-phased adults are a drab silver-tan with a barred pattern on the scales. Additionally, juveniles and initial-phased adults have a bright yellow caudal peduncle and caudal fin .