Blue Parrotfish
Scarus oviceps
- Usual depth4–19 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, July, and August
- How commonCommon
About this species
The dark-capped parrotfish, also known as the blue parrotfish, egghead parrotfish or yellow-barred parrotfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Scaridae. This species inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from Mauritius in the east to the Tuamotus and the Line Islands in the west, north to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Dark-capped parrotfish”, 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: 13 records
- February: 291 records
- March: 371 records
- April: 418 records
- May: 216 records
- June: 114 records
- July: 476 records
- August: 378 records
- September: 127 records
- October: 171 records
- November: 32 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–19 m · Deepest record: 51 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blue Parrotfish, Darkcap Parrotfish, Dark-capped Parrotfish, Dark Capped Parrotfish, Egghead Parrotfish, Yellow-barred Parrotfish
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Perroquet Banane, Perroquet tête d'oeuf, Perroquet banane, Perroquet vert, Perroquet Vert, Poisson-perroquet à casquette
- Japanese
- Himebudai, ヒメブダイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 姬鸚哥魚, 蠔魚(雌), 青衫(雄), 鸚哥, 黃鞍鸚嘴魚, 黄鞍鹦嘴鱼
Similar species
- Big Belly Parrotfish
Scarus forsteni
- Bridled parrotfish
Scarus frenatus
- Blue-barred parrotfish
Scarus ghobban
- Globehead parrotfish
Scarus globiceps
- Dusky parrotfish
Scarus niger
- Common parrotfish
Scarus psittacus
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).
- 4,065 open-data records from 1944 to 2023.
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