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Blackvein Parrotfish,Male

Reference

IB2393

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Parrotfishes - SCARIDAE

Common Name

Blackvein Parrotfish,Male

Scientific Name

Scarus rubroviolaceus

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Parrotfishes are closely related to wrasses and employ the same method of swimming and much the same sexual strategy. Parrotfishes are hermaphroditic, with a large "terminal-phase" male maintaining a territory and a harem of females.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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