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Palenose Parrotfish

Scarus psittacus

3,260 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 343, February 290, March 350, April 215, May 169, June 162, July 234, August 169, September 193, October 228, November 240, December 337.
United States2,930
Hawaii1,152
Australia28
Queensland21
Indonesia21
Egypt20
Red Sea Governorate17
Philippines8
West Nusa Tenggara8
Bali7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderWrasses and allies · Labriformes
FamilyWrasses and Parrotfishes · Labridae
GenusScarus

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