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Blue barred parrotfish
Scarus ghobban
Distribution: Fish endemic to the Red Sea. Fish of medium to large size (30 to 50 cm, sometimes more) with a horny beak blue. Description: It has large cycloid scales, a bright yellow dress, a caudal fin diphycerque kind, a thin blue line around his body. Cause ciguatera fish (food poisoning) as a vector of ciguatera toxins acquired through diet. Habitat: It lives in shallow waters (3-50 m), around coral reefs. Occurs often alone and still grazing the coral. Food: Coral reef benthic organisms, including the dinoflagellate, which is the cause of food poisoning. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Labroidei | Family: | Chaetodontidae | |
| Genus: | scarus | Species: | ghobban | Descriptor: | Forsskal, 1775 |  |