Dark-capped Parrotfish

Scarus oviceps

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

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Habitat: Reef
Max size: 45 cm
Depth: 0-20 m
Family: Scaridae

The dark-capped parrotfish, also known as the blue parrotfish, egghead parrotfish or yellow-barred parrotfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Scaridae. This species inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from Mauritius in the east to the Tuamotus and the Line Islands in the west, north to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Close relatives whose grey-to-yellow females carry dark bars or a saddle over the back. Dark-capped Parrotfish females have fewer, less upright dark bars. Males: Saddled Parrotfish has a blue snout, a blue band behind the eye and a light-centred bar between the eye and the pectoral fin; Dark-capped Parrotfish lacks that bar, is darker and less brilliantly blue over the head and back, and is usually larger.

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