Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Yellowbar Parrotfish
Scarus schlegeli
Yellowbar Parrotfish
Also known as: Yellowband Parrotfish, Schlegel's Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Scarus schlegeli
Size: 10 to 15 in. (25 to 38 cm)  
Depth: 10-90 ft. (3-27 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, 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)
        └Scarus (Genus)
         └S. schlegeli (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276060🔗
iNaturalist ID: 112164🔗

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