Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Violetline Parrotfish
Scarus globiceps
Violetline Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Scarus globiceps
Size: Up to 11 in. (28 cm)
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Scarinae (Subfamily)
└Scarini (Tribe)
└Scarus (Genus)
└S. globiceps (Species)
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