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Blue parrotfish

Scarus oviceps Valenciennes, 1840

Status not recordedbony fish

The blue parrotfish (Scarus oviceps) is a species in the family Labridae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the blue parrotfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue parrotfish live?

Not recorded

Is the blue parrotfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue parrotfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyLabridae
  6. genusScarus
  7. SpeciesScarus oviceps Valenciennes, 1840

Synonyms Callyodon lazulinus, Pseudoscarus knerii, Pseudoscarus zonatus

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • Dark capped parrotfishEnglish
  • Dark-capped parrotfishEnglish
  • Darkcap parrotfishEnglish
  • Egghead parrotfishEnglish
  • Yellow-barred parrotfishEnglish
  • Peix lloro blau de cap foscCatalan
  • AliyakyakCebuano
  • ploskozubec vejcohlavýCzech
  • Perroquet VertFrench
  • Pesce pappagallo fronte scuraItalian
  • ヒメブダイJapanese
  • KalatMalay
  • Peixe-papagaio-azul-do-PacíficoPortuguese
  • 鸚哥Chinese
  • Perroquet BananeFrench
  • Poisson-perroquet à casquetteFrench
  • Pesce pappagallo cappuccio scuroItalian
  • KetarapMalay
  • PerencongMalay
  • 姬鸚哥魚Chinese
  • 黃鞍鸚嘴魚Chinese
  • 黄鞍鹦嘴鱼Chinese
  • 蠔魚(雌)Chinese
  • 青衫(雄)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue parrotfish

Other species in the same genus Scarus.

Kwab

Scarus coeruleus

LabridaeNo free photo yet

Scarld

Scarus coelestinus

LabridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the blue parrotfish?

The blue parrotfish (Scarus oviceps) belongs to the family Labridae in the order Perciformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue parrotfish (Scarus oviceps). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-parrotfish

MLA

“Blue parrotfish (Scarus oviceps).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-parrotfish.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_parrotfish_2026,
  title = {Blue parrotfish (Scarus oviceps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-parrotfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}