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Tricolour parrotfish
Scarus tricolor
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Tricolour parrotfish
- Scientific
- Scarus tricolor
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 53 cm (total length); commonly 18 cm; max. published weight 2.9 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 parrotfish reaching about 53 cm; females are dark with a red or yellow anal fin, and males are green and blue with orange markings. It lives in areas with dense coral growth.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scarus-tricolor.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Scarus_tricolor_Maldives.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.