Tricolour Parrotfish, Scarus tricolor Bleeker 1847
Other Names: Three-colour Parrotfish
A Tricolour Parrotfish, Scarus tricolor, at Timur Island, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Source: Bernard Dupont / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A greenish parrotfish usually with a pinkish or yellowish overlay on the rear of the body, and a purplish submarginal band on each caudal-fin lobe. Females are dark grey to almost black becoming blue to bluish-green on the lower side, with black scale margins, a red caudal fin, an orange anal fin and dusky yellowish to orange pelvic fins.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Scarus tricolor in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/933
Tricolour Parrotfish, Scarus tricolor Bleeker 1847
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Distribution |
Australian territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean - not known from mainland Australia. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Individuals or groups inhabit areas with dense coral growth. mostly on seaward reefs, although sometimes in lagoons. |
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Features |
Dorsal fn IX, 10; Anal fin III, 9; Pectoral fin 14-15; Median predorsal scales 6-7; Cheek scale rows 3, lower row with 2-6 scales. Upper dental plate of males (and occasionally large females) usually with 1-2 conical teeth on side; lips covering half of dental plate; caudal fin lunate in males, slightly to moderately emarginate in females. |
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Feeding |
Herbivore - feeds on benthic algae. |
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Fisheries |
Taken byartisanal fishers in parts of its range. |
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Species Citation |
Scarus tricolor Bleeker 1847, Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neêrland's Indië 4(2): 164. Type locality: Jakarta (as Batavia), Java, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Tricolour Parrotfish, Scarus tricolor Bleeker 1847
References
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Bellwood, D.R. 1994. A phylogenetic study of the parrotfishes family Scaridae (Pisces: Labroidei), with a revision of genera. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 20: 1-86
Bellwood, D.R. 2001. Scaridae. pp. 3468-3492 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Bleeker, P. 1847. Pharyngognathorum Siluroideorumque species novae Javanenses. Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neêrland's Indië 4(2): 155-169
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Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S.J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Checklist and new records of Christmas Island fishes: the influence of isolation, biogeography and habitat availability on species abundance and community composition. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 184–202
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Russell, B., Choat, J.H., Clements, K.D., Rocha, L.A., Myers, R., Lazuardi, M.E., Muljadi, A., Pardede, S. & Rahardjo, P. 2012. Scarus tricolor. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190704A17789893. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190704A17789893.en. Downloaded on 03 April 2018.
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