Florent's Guide To The

Eastern Pacific Reefs

Bumphead Parrotfish
Scarus perrico
Bumphead Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Scarus perrico
Size: Up to 2 ft. (60 cm)  
Depth: 10-120 ft. (3-37 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Peru
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Scarinae (Subfamily) Parrotfishes
       └Scarini (Tribe)
        └Scarus (Genus)
         └S. perrico (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276057🔗
iNaturalist ID: 112157🔗

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