Taxon profile

species

Blue Parrotfish
Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Perciformes - perch-likes » family Scaridae - parrotfishes » genus Scarus

Scientific synonyms

Coryphaena coerulea Bloch, 1786
Scarus coeruleus (Bloch, 1786)
Scarus coerulus (Bloch, 1786)
Calliodon gibbosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Sparus holocyaneos Lacépède, 1802
Scarus loro Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Scarus nuchalis Poey, 1860
Scarus obtusus Poey, 1860
Scarus trilobatus Lacépède, 1802

Other names

= Blue Kwab
= Blue Parrot
= Blueman

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IUCN category 2024-1:	Least Concern
Data last updated: 2025-03-01 11:00:23

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Author: Jo Kuyken

Links and literature

FishBase [1153]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication 2025 [species/24110]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)]
Data retrieved on: 25 March 2025

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [190709]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Scarus coeruleus (Edwards, 1771)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024

Hanel, L., Plíštil, J., Novák, J. (2013): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces). 8. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) Kostnatí (Neopterygii) [Ostnoploutví (Perciformes /Elassomatoidei – Icosteidei/)], Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení), Praha [as Scarus coeruleus (Bloch, 1786)]
Data retrieved on: 26 September 2020

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