Bicolour parrotfish
Cetoscarus bicolor
- Usual depth4–10 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Selim Türeli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cetoscarus bicolor, commonly known as the bicolour parrotfish, is a species of fish in the family Scaridae. It is endemic to the Red Sea.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cetoscarus bicolor”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 38 records
- February: 17 records
- March: 27 records
- April: 73 records
- May: 72 records
- June: 58 records
- July: 158 records
- August: 110 records
- September: 52 records
- October: 62 records
- November: 31 records
- December: 26 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–10 m · Deepest record: 32.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Photos
(c) Jono, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jono, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ульяна Лалак, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ульяна Лалак, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Michal Honskus, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Bicolour parrotfish, Bicolor Parrotfish, bicolour parrotfish, Bumphead Parrotfish, Red-speckled Parrotfish, spotted parrotfish, Spotted Parrot-fish, Two-colored Parrotfish, Two-coloured Parrotfish, Two-colour Parrotfish
Names in 7 more languages
- German
- Masken-Papageifisch
- Spanish
- Loro bicolor, Loro de Manchas Rojas
- Filipino
- Isdang loro, Luro, Lutiin, Yapot
- French
- Perroquet à points rouges, Perroquet bicolore, Poisson-perroquet Baleine
- Japanese
- Irobudai, イロブダイ
- Thai
- ปลานกแก้วสองสี
- Simplified Chinese
- 双色鲸鹦嘴鱼, 菜仔魚(雌), 蠔魚, 雙色鯨鸚哥魚, 雙色鯨鸚嘴魚, 青衣, 青鸚哥魚, 鸚哥魚
Other scientific names: Bolbometopon bicolor, Callyodon pulchellus, Cetoscarus bicolour, Cetoscarus pulchellus, Chlorurus bicolor, Chlorurus pulchellus, Pseudoscarus nigripinnis, Scarus bicolor, Scarus pulchellus
Similar species
Blue GroperAchoerodus gouldii
Blue GroperAchoerodus viridis
Tripletail wrasseCheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Clown wrasseCoris aygula
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 597 open-data records from 1829 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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