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Greencheek Parrotfish

Scarus prasiognathos

Seabook: Greencheek Parrotfish

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Max Depth

25 m

Description

Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs. This species was first formally described in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) wi... Read more in Seabook

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white
black
brown
yellow
green
blue

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Group

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

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Venomous

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