‹ Fish Finder· #667

Pacific Longnose Parrotfish

Hipposcarus longiceps

Bislamablufis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Pacific Longnose Parrotfish — photo 1 of 3
Photo 1 of 3 · Richard Ling (CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
60 cm
Depth
0-40 m
Family
Scaridae

Hipposcarus longiceps or Pacific longnose parrotfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish in the family Scaridae. It is found in the eastern Indian Oceans and the western Pacific Ocean from the Cocos-Keeling Islands and Rowley Shoals in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line and Tuamotu islands in the east, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.

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