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Common parrotfish
Scarus psittacus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Common parrotfish
- Scientific
- Scarus psittacus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 43 cm (total length); max. published weight 1.8 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small parrotfish; males are green with salmon or blue scale edges and a lavender-grey head, and females are brownish grey. It reaches about 43 cm, feeds in small schools over reef flats and lagoons, and sleeps in a mucus cocoon at night.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scarus-psittacus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Scarus_psittacus_mâle.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.