Rusty parrotfish

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Rusty parrotfish
Terminal phase

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. ferrugineus
Binomial name
Scarus ferrugineus
Forsskål
, 1775
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877
  • Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840
  • Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958

The rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus) is a species of marine

Scaridae. It is associated with reefs in the north western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea
.

Distribution and habitat

This reef-associated species can be found on coral reefs at a depth of 1 – 60 m in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Persian Gulf where it is found off the coasts of Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Yemen, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Sudan, as well as off Socotra. [1] It is generally common. [2]

Description

Scarus ferrugineus. Adult, initial phase
Adult, terminal phase

Scarus ferrugineus measures up to 41 cm (16 in) in length.[2] Two colour patterns may be distinguished. [3] While the terminal phase is multicoloured, bright in colour, mostly blue-green, the initial phase, in which frequently these fishes are seen in groups, is brownish (hence the common name) with light and dark bands and a yellow tail.[3]

Biology

These fishes can be seen from March to November.[4] They are oviparous and protogynous hermaphrodites.

Three life phases can be distinguished, the juveniles, the adults of the initial phase (mostly females), and the adult males on the terminal phase (derived from females through sex and colour change). [3]

Individuals in the terminal phase form harems. They feed mainly on benthic algae. [2][5]

Naming

The rusty parrotfish was first formally

type locality given as Dahab on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Aqaba off the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.[6]

Human use

The rusty parrotfish is a quarry species for artisanal fisheries within its range.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190759A17778209.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scarus ferugineus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^
    doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01566.x
    .
  4. ^ Scarus ferrugineus. iNaturalist
  5. hdl:11370/6a3a8995-3caf-43a7-bde5-ab8959b65ab1
    .
  6. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scarus ferrigineus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

Bibliography

  • Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit... Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. Descr. Animalium: 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164, map.
  • Helfman, G., B. Collette i D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts (USA), 1997.
  • Moyle, P. i J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River (New York): Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
  • Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1994.
  • Parenti, P. i J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1–97.
  • Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd ed., Londons: Macdonald. 1985.

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