Pacific daisy parrotfish

Chlorurus spilurus

''Chlorurus spilurus'', known commonly as the Pacific daisy parrotfish or Pacific bullethead parrotfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Scaridae.
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Appearance

The Pacific daisy parrotfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Pacific region, including the Hawaiian Islands. The female has a dark coloration with four pairs of white spots on the back part of its body just before the caudal peduncle. The latter and the caudal fin are whitish with black patch. There is great variation in the coloration within the males of this species. Their body is greenish with big scales outlined with purple-blue lines, three purple-blue stripes around the mouth, an orange patch on the chick with also a white one just upper the latter.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyScaridae
GenusChlorurus
SpeciesC. spilurus
Photographed in
French Polynesia