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Updated 3/21/2020

Family Scaridae

INDO-PACIFIC

Bolbometopon muricatum

Bali, Indonesia

 


Blue Corner, Palau


Cemetery Channel, Palau


German Wall, Palau


Juvenile, Mandarin Lake, Palau

Juvenile, Nikko Bay, Palau

BUMPHEAD PARROTFISH

Formerly common on coral reefs & along dropoffs before fishing pressure reduced stocks to near-extinction in some areas.  Travels in small groups as it forages on coralline algae and live coral.  Attains 48 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia, excluding Hawai'i.

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