Palau
Terminal Phase
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Initial Phase
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Scarinae (Subfamily)
└Scarini (Tribe)
└Scarus (Genus)
└S. schlegeli (Species)
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