Scarus dimidiatus

The Scarus dimidiatus, also known as the yellowbarred parrotfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia east to Samoa as far north as the Ryukyu Islands and as far south as the Great Barrier Reef.[2]

Scarus dimidiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. dimidiatus
Binomial name
Scarus dimidiatus
Bleeker, 1859
Synonyms[2]
  • Pseudoscarus dimidiatus (Bleeker, 1859)
  • Callyodon fumifrons Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • Callyodon zonularis Jordan & Seale, 1906

Ecology

This species lives in coral-filled waters in protected reefs. This species lives in depths of 1 to 12m.[1]

References
  1. Myers, R.; Choat, J.H.; Russell, B.; et al. (2012). "Scarus dimidiatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190739A17789308. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190739A17789308.en. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Scarus dimidiatus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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