SCARIDAE
SCARIDAE
Parrotfishes
أسماك الحريد الببغائي
Order: PerciformesClass: Actinopterygii
12species in the encyclopedia
12count stated by the source
12records with a plate cleared for display (of 12)
What this page holds, and what it does not
It holds the published records of this family with the names the register designates, the plates cleared for display, and the characters of the family as the printed source states them.
No scientific distribution is published for any record yet; the names recorded for the Red Sea and the Gulf are names, not occurrence records.
No conservation assessment is published in the register yet, so no conservation badge is shown for any record.
Taxa in this family
One card per record: its plate when the register permits one, its name with its standing, and its codes. A card without an image has no plate the register lets us display.
Bolbometopon muricatum
Green humphead parrotfish Measured specimen length: 24.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0325
National code 2601
Calotomus viridescens
Viridescent parrotfish Measured specimen length: 19.6 cm
HWT-FISH-0326
Cetoscarus bicolor
Bicolour parrotfish Measured specimen length: 10.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0327
National code 2602
Chlorurus gibbus
Heary beak parrotfish Measured specimen length: 28.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0328
National code 2603
Chlorurus sordidus
Daisy parrotfish Measured specimen length: 18.6 cm
HWT-FISH-0329
National code 2604
Hipposcarus harid
Candelamoa parrotfish Measured specimen length: 20.8 cm
HWT-FISH-0330
National code 2606
Leptoscarus vaigiensis
Marbled parrotfish Measured specimen length: 16.8 cm
HWT-FISH-0331
Scarus ferrugineus
Rusty parrotfish Measured specimen length: 23.8 cm
HWT-FISH-0332
Scarus frenatus
Bridled parrotfish Measured specimen length: 4 cm
HWT-FISH-0333
National code 2607
Scarus ghobban
Blue-barred parrotfish Measured specimen length: 23.7 cm
HWT-FISH-0334
National code 2608
Scarus niger
Dusky parrotfish Measured specimen length: 31.6 cm
HWT-FISH-0335
National code 2609
Scarus psittacus
Common parrotfish Measured specimen length: 22.3 cm
HWT-FISH-0336
The length is that of one measured specimen, not the maximum length of the species. A missing length means the encyclopedia holds no documented value.
Family characters
- Fin formula: Dorsal D: 9 selender spines
- Fin formula: Anal A: 3 flexibles spines
- Fin formula: Pelvic P1: 1 spine
- Fin formula: Pectoral P2: 13-16 softrays
- Fin formula: Caudal C: 11 branched rays
- Species count stated by the source: 12
These are diagnostic characters of the family. They are not a measured value for any individual species and do not appear on species pages.
Scientific sources
أسماك من المياه الإقليمية للمملكة في البحر الأحمر — مركز أبحاث الثروة السمكية، جـدة (2011).
ط١ ١٤٣٢هـ/٢٠١١م.