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Spectacled Parrotfish

Chlorurus perspicillatus

Classification

Family
Scaridae

Chlorurus perspicillatus, known officially by the English name, spectacled parrotfish, given by professional ichthyologists and Ichthyology or uhu-uliuli as a well-established Hawaiian name for many hundreds of years, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae. Found only in the Eastern Central Pacific Hawaiian Islands, it inhabits lagoons and seaward reefs Description This species can reach 30 centimeters (1 foot) in length and has a blunt oval-shaped head, square tail, and smooth jaws. The species vary in color with males being primarily blue with thin bright pink scale edges…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 39