Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Blue-Barred Parrotfish
Scarus ghobban
Blue-Barred Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Scarus ghobban
Size: Up to 2 ft. (65 cm)  
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, French Polynesia, Australia
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. ghobban (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219127🔗
iNaturalist ID: 84175🔗

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