Scarus prasiognathos
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| Scarus prasiognathos | |
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| Scarus prasiognathos (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. prasiognathos |
| Binomial name | |
| Scarus prasiognathos Valenciennes, 1840 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.[2]
This species was first formally described in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago.[3]
immature juvenile
initial phase (female)
final phase (male)
