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Dark-capped parrotfish

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Dark-capped parrotfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. oviceps
Binomial name
Scarus oviceps

The dark-capped parrotfish (Scarus oviceps), also known as the blue parrotfish, egghead parrotfish or yellow-barred parrotfish[2] is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Scaridae. This species inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from Mauritius in the east to the Tuamotus and the Line Islands in the west, north to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Allen, G.; Gon, O. (2012). "Scarus oviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T154960A17896485. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T154960A17896485.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Scarus oviceps". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scarus oviceps". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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