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Updated 7/5/2013
Family Scaridae
INDO-PACIFIC
Scarus ghobban
Cabo Pulmo, Mexico
BLUEBARRED PARROTFISH
Common on shallow sandy reefs & bays. Females orange with diffuse blue bars, males green with pink scale margins and blue lines on face. Attains 28 inches. Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to the Tropical Eastern Pacific, excluding Hawaii.