Marbled parrotfish

Marbled parrotfish
Males with a whitish line along their side, females without
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Leptoscarus
Swainson, 1839
Species:
L. vaigiensis
Binomial name
Leptoscarus vaigiensis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scarus vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Scarus coeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1835
  • Leptoscarus coeruleopunctatus (Rüppell, 1835)
  • Scarus naevius Valenciennes, 1840
  • Scarus auritus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Scarichthys auritus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Scarus rubronotatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Scarus bottae Valenciennes, 1840
  • Calliodon chlorolepis Richardson, 1844

The marbled parrotfish (Leptoscarus vaigiensis), also known as the seagrass parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae and is the only known member of the genus Leptoscarus. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and is also found in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is a coastal species found in beds of sea grass and seaweed.

  1. ^ Choat, J.H.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Leptoscarus vaigiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190756A17777316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190756A17777316.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leptoscarus viagiensis". FishBase. December 2019 version.