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Bicolour parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Southern Red Sea, Hawaii, South Africa. Habitat: It lives in shallow waters (3-50 m), around coral reefs. This fish is strictly diurnal, sleeping at night on the reef in relatively open spaces where they can quickly escape predators. Description: The body color is green or pink or blue rose according to gender of the individual. The caudal fin is shaped lyre. Food: Coral reef benthic organisms. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Labroidei | Family: | Scaridae | |
| Genus: | Cetoscarus | Species: | bicolor | Descriptor: | Rüppell, 1829 |  |