Common name of Scarus coeruleus
 
Common name Blue parrotfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Bahamas
Locality
Ref. Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core non-fish animal
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks Their fused teeth joined at the front in a groove forming a pair of beak-like tooth plates and their flapping of their pectoral fins during swimming gave them their name parrotfishes (Ref. 5288).
 
Entered by Casal, Christine Marie V.
Modified by Sta. Iglesia, Drina
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