Location: Rangiroa, French Polynesia
Bluepatch Parrotfish - Initial Phase
Scarus forsteni
Bluepatch Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Scarus forsteni
Size: Up to 22 in. (55 cm)
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Fiji, Micronesia, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Scarinae (Subfamily)
└Scarini (Tribe)
└Scarus (Genus)
└S. forsteni (Species)
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