Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Green Humphead Parrotfish
Bolbometopon muricatum
Green Humphead Parrotfish
Also known as: Bumphead Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Bolbometopon muricatum
Size: 1 to 4 ft. (30 to 120 cm)  
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
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)
        └Bolbometopon (Genus)
         └B. muricatum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219074🔗
iNaturalist ID: 95867🔗

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