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Bridled parrotfish
Scarus frenatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bridled parrotfish
- Scientific
- Scarus frenatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 47 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A parrotfish; females are brown with darker stripes and males are green with a bridle-like pattern on the head. It reaches about 47 cm and grazes algae on exposed outer reefs.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scarus-frenatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Scarus_frenatus_188457110.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.