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> Parrotfishes > Scarus psittacus
Updated 6/22/2022
Family
Scaridae
INDO-PACIFIC
/ HAWAII
Scarus psittacus
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Female, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu
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Male, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu
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Male, Kahuwai Bay,
Hawai'i, 4 feet
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Female, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu, 25 feet |
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Female, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu, 25 feet
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Female, YO-257, O'ahu, 70 feet
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Pu'u Olai, Maui, 30 feet
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Male, Sea Tiger, O'ahu, 90 feet
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Male, Kailua Bay, Hawaii, 25 feet
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Female, Makapu'u Pinnacle, O'ahu, 20 feet
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Juveniles, Moku o Loe, Kaneohe, 2 feet
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Transitional male, Sea Tiger, Oahu, 80 feet |
Male,
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 6 feet
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PALENOSE PARROTFISH
uhu Budai
Very common on reefs in small harems where it feeds
upon coralline algae. Oval with a slightly protruding snout,
smooth jaws nearly covered by lips, and tail with slightly elongate
margins. Females and juveniles mottled gray or olive with reddish
pelvic fins, males blue with pink and yellow hues and a
yellowish-green spot at the base of the tail. Attains 10 inches.
Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia. Females were formerly known as Scarus
forsteri, males as Scarus taeniurus.
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