Description
English: Scarus coeruleus in Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico
Date 10 May 2014, 02:47:55
Source Simões, N.; Zarco Perello, S.; Moreno Mendoza, R. (2014). "Checklist of Fishes from Madagascar Reef, Campeche Bank, México". Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1100. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1100
Author Simões, N.; Zarco Perello, S.; Moreno Mendoza, R.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scarus_coeruleus_in_Madagascar_Reef.jpg

The blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus) is a member of the parrotfish genus Scarus. It is found on coral reefs in shallow water in the tropical and subtropical parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. They are uniformly blue with a yellow spot on their heads that fades as they age. They average 30–75 cm in length with a maximum length of 1.2 m. They develop a large "beak" like other parrotfish that is used for scraping algae and small organisms from rocks. Order: Perciformes, Family: Scaridae, Genus: Scarus, Species: Scarus coeruleus Edwards, 1771.