Cetoscarus ocellatus

Bicolour Parrotfish
In Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Cetoscarus
Species: C. ocellatus
Binomial name
Cetoscarus ocellatus
(Valenciennes, 1840)

Cetoscarus ocellatus is a species of parrotfish that is widespread in the coastal waters Indian and Pacific Oceans. This species was formerly considered to be the same species as Cetoscarus bicolor, which is otherwise restricted to the Red Sea; however, there are major morphological and molecular differences between the two species, so the IUCN Red List has recognized them as separate species since 2010. This species is sometimes known as the bicolour parrotfish, but this name also is applied to C. bicolor.[1] It is associated with coral reefs, and can be found at depths between 1 and 30 m (3.3 and 98.4 ft).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Choat, J.H.; Pardede, S.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; & Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Cetoscarus ocellatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190691A17792863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190691A17792863.en.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Cetoscarus ocellatus" in FishBase. July 2018 version.
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