Pacific Longnose Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Hipposcarus longiceps
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Initial Phase - Long snout; pale yellowish gray with pale vertical streaks on scales, yellow tail base; short tail lobes. Terminal Phase - Similar, but lack yellow tail base.
Hide-out: Lagoon and seaward reefs on sand bottoms near reefs in 2-40m.
Location: Pacific - Indonesia to Line Is. and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.