Biology ⁶

Occurs from rocky coastal reefs to seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Often in schools, feeding with surgeonfishes by scraping off algae from rocks or dead coral (Ref. 9710). Marketed fresh and salted (Ref. 5217).

Sources and Credits

1. Kevin Hogan (NOAA), no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/25275.jpg
2. (c) Flickr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8180156289_aa56a5fb86_o.jpg
3. (c) John E. Randall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/sccoe_u0.jpg
4. Michael Kesl, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/13498.jpg
5. (c) Original uploader was Adona9 at en.wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Midnight-parrotfish.png/460px-Midnight-parrotfish.png
6. (c) FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/20914884

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• FishBase
• FishSource
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• VertNet
• World Register of Marine Species

Range Map

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