Sealife guideThe rusty parrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Rusty parrotfish
French namesPoisson perroquet rouille
Spanish namesLoro orín
Scientific nameScarus ferrugineus (Forsskål, 1775)
FamilyScaridae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
Within the same genus

Blue-barred parrotfishScarus ghobban

Blue parrotfishScarus coeruleus

Ember parrotfishScarus rubroviolaceus

Midnight parrotfishScarus coelestinus

Princess parrotfishScarus taeniopterus

Queen parrotfishScarus vetula

Swarthy ParrotfishScarus niger
Within the same family

Bumphead parrotfishBolbometopon muricatum

European parrotfishSparisoma cretense

Redband parrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum

Stoplight parrotfishSparisoma viride
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