Species FAO code: UVH

Scarus tricolor

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
France	fr poisson-perroquet fr perroquet	–
Luxembourg	de Papageifisch fr perroquet	–
Portugal	pt Papagaio	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

List item: Pots and traps

Pots and traps

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847

Scientific name

Scarus tricolor

Author

Bleeker, 1847

Rank

Species

FAO code

UVH

Morphological description

Males differ slightly in head pattern and differences most obvious in females with yellow or red anal fins (Ref. 48636). Terminal phase similar to S. forsteni, differing primarily by having a yellow inner pectoral axil (Ref. 37816).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyScaridae
    - GenusScarus
      - SpeciesScarus tricolor

Synonyms

Callyodon cyanognathus (Bleeker, 1847)
Callyodon elerae Jordan & Seale, 1907
Callyodon latifasciatus Seale & Bean, 1907
Callyodon viridibusius Fowler & Bean, 1928
Scarus cyanognathus Bleeker, 1847
Callyodon tricolor (Bleeker, 1847)
Scarus cyanognathos Bleeker, 1847
Callyodon urbanus Smith, 1959
Callyodon mus Smith, 1956

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847

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Scarus tricolor

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots and traps

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central

Area 77 - Pacific, Eastern Central