Blue-Barred Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Scarus ghobban
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 75cm
Identification: Yellow to yellowish brown undercolor with large blue-green scale markings; blue-green band markings around mouths and borders of tail.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Sheltered silty inshore reefs and areas of sand and rubble in 2-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to French Polynesia, Galapagos, Gulf of California and Panama. S. Japan to Australia.