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> Parrotfishes > Scarus
rubroviolaceus
Updated 6/22/2022
Family
Scaridae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC /
HAWAII
TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC
Scarus rubroviolaceus
Female, Hanauma Bay,
O'ahu |
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Male, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu |
Female, Night, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu, 3 feet |
Female, Night, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu, 3
feet
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Female, Hanauma Bay, O'ahu, 35 feet |
Juvenile, Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 30 feet
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Female, Night, Kapoho tidepool, Hawai'i |
Female, Molokini Back Wall, 50 feet
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Subadult, YO-257 Wreck, Waikiki, O'ahu, 70 feet |
Male, Molokini, 50 feet
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Female, Molokini, 30 feet |
Juvenile, Hale'iwa Trench, O'ahu, 15 feet
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Juvenile, Sharks Cove, O'ahu, 25 feet |
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Puako, Hawai'i, 15 feet
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Female, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 6 feet
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REDLIP PARROTFISH
uhu pālukaluka (F) uhu
'ele'ele
(M) Budai
Common on shallow
reefs where it feeds upon coralline algae, absent north of French
Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Elongate with
a blunt angular head, smooth exposed jaws, tail with greatly elongated
margins, frequently displaying a bicolor pattern. Females
reddish or yellowish brown with dark scale edges, males turquoise or
green with pastel hues, juveniles greenish-brown with white stripes,
dots, and dark scale edges. Attains 28 inches. East Africa
to the
Tropical Eastern Pacific.
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