Scarus coeruleus

angličtinaAdults uniformly blue, with yellow area on top of head that disappears in larger fish. Large fish develop prominent bulging snout and extended upper and lower caudal fin lobes. No other species has this uniform blue color in adults. (Ref. 26938).

• Scarus coeruleus (Bloch, 1786)
• Sparus holocyaneos Lacepède, 1802
• Scarus trilobatus Lacepède, 1802
• Scarus loro Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Coryphaena coerulea Edwards, 1771
• Scarus nuchalis Poey, 1860
• Scarus obtusus Poey, 1860
• Calliodon gibbosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Scarus coerulus (Bloch, 1786)
• Coryphaena coerulea Bloch, 1786