Scarus prasiognathos

Scarus prasiognathos

Singapore parrotfish

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Scarus prasiognathos
Length
70
28
cminch
cm inch 

Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.

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This species was first formally described in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago.

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References

1. Scarus prasiognathos Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarus_prasiognathos
2. Scarus prasiognathos on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154676/17898392

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