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Quoy's parrotfish
Scarus quoyi
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Quoy's parrotfish
- Scientific
- Scarus quoyi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 40 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 18 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A parrotfish that is green to purplish or bluish, often with a lime-green saddle on the upper tail base and a dark green 'moustache', reaching about 40 cm. It lives on coral-rich outer channels and reefs.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scarus-quoyi.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Quoy's_parrotfish_(Scarus_quoyi)_(25377304617).jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.