Scarus tricolor Tricolour Parrotfish

Scarus tricolor is commonly referred to as Tricolour Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Que pour les grands aquariums. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Bernard Dupont, Frankreich

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lexID:: 3677
AphiaID:: 219098

Scientific:: Scarus tricolor
German:: Dreifarben Papageifisch
English:: Tricolour Parrotfish

Category:: Poissons-Perroquet

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarus (Genus) > tricolor (Species)
Initial determination:: Bleeker, 1847

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, East Africa, French Polynesia, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Samoa, South-Africa, Sumatra, Tansania, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Tonga, Vietnam
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 2 - 25 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Coral reefs, Coralline algae reef, Lagoons, Reef-associated, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 6.69" - 20.47" (17,5cm - 52,7cm)
Weight:: 2.9 kg
Temperature:: 24,9 °F - 29,3 °F (24,9°C - 29,3°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Frozen Food (large sort)
Difficulty:: Que pour les grands aquariums
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-05-08 10:43:45
Last edit:: 2024-09-15 13:38:36

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Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847

Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs, in areas with dense coral growth up to at least 25 m. Usually solitary, sometimes in groups. Feeds on benthic algae.

Synonymised names
Callyodon cyanognathus (Bleeker, 1847) · unaccepted
Callyodon elerae Jordan & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted
Callyodon latifasciatus Seale & Bean, 1907 · unaccepted
Callyodon mus Smith, 1956 · unaccepted
Callyodon tricolor (Bleeker, 1847) · unaccepted
Callyodon urbanus Smith, 1959 · unaccepted
Callyodon viridibusius Fowler & Bean, 1928 · unaccepted
Scarus cyanognathos Bleeker, 1847 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Scarus cyanognathus Bleeker, 1847 · unaccepted