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  • Spanish
    • loro guacamayo
  • Scientific names
    • Scarus guacamaia
  • English
    • Rainbow Parrotfish

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Recent observations

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Observer

ryry

Date

Nov 29, 2012

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What

Rainbow Parrotfish Scarus guacamaia

Observer

maractwin

Date

Nov 11, 2004 02:51 PM EST

Place

Cozumel (Google, OSM)

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Observer

garinna

Date

Jul 13, 2012

Photos

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What

Rainbow Parrotfish Scarus guacamaia

Observer

hartvillestuff

Date

Jun 22, 2012

Place

Layton, FL (Google, OSM)
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Description from Wikipedia

The rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia) is a species of fish in the Scaridae family. Among the largest members of this family (the largest in the Atlantic), it reaches 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) in length. It is found at coral reefs, mangroves and sea grass beds in the Caribbean and at Bermuda. It was formerly classified as vulnerable due to overfishing and habitat loss, but because the presently available data does not allow an estimate of the population...

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Conservation Summary

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