Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Bluepatch Parrotfish
Scarus forsteni
Bluepatch Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Scarus forsteni
Size: Up to 22 in. (55 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Fiji, Micronesia, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
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. forsteni (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276046🔗
iNaturalist ID: 112144🔗

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