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Ember parrotfish
Scarus rubroviolaceus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ember parrotfish
- Scientific
- Scarus rubroviolaceus
- Dhivehi
- Landaa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 70 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 36 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A large parrotfish with an angular snout in males. Females are reddish brown with darker lines and a two-tone pattern, dark in front and paler behind; males are green with pink-edged scales and a pale rear half. It feeds on algae over rocky and coral slopes, singly or in pairs, and changes from female to male as it grows.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name landaa. Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scarus-rubroviolaceus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5555&GenusName=Scarus&SpeciesName=rub
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ember_parrotfish_terminal_phase_(Scarus_rubroviolaceus)_(42
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Landaa' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.