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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Choat & Randall.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 30 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical; 30°N - 32°S

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Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island (Ref. 30874) and Western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710); common length : 24.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37816)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9.

Inhabits outer reef flats and exposed lagoon and seaward slopes from a depth of 3 to at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds mainly on algae (Ref. 26993). Females often in schools of mixed species when feeding, males usually seen separate (Ref. 48636).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97. (Ref. 35918)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 September 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.4 °C (based on 2166 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01445 (0.00674 - 0.03099), b=3.03 (2.86 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 1.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.71; Tmax=6).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 49.1 [32.1, 83.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.846 [0.595, 1.285] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.5, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.0933 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 19.2 [12.0, 29.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48.9 [15.3, 159.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.44 [1.86, 3.16] mg/100g (wet weight);

Scarus chameleon Choat & Randall, 1986