Comprehensive Description
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Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology tarafından sağlandı
Scarus coeruleus (Bloch)
Corphyaena coerulea Bloch, 1786, p. 148, pl. 176.
Scarus coeruleus.—Schultz, 1958, p. 106, pls. 21A, 22A.—Cervigon, 1966, p. 632, fig. 272.—Stark and Davis, 1966, p. 337 [night habits].
Characterized by having 6 or 7 median predorsal scales, 3 rows of scales on cheek with 1 or 2 scales in ventral row; ii,13 pectoral rays, rarely ii,12; lips nearly covering white teeth.
Coloration generally a uniform robin’s-egg blue, washed with yellowish on occiput; inconspicuous stripes may be present; adults with a big humped snout bulging outward even on immature.
Immature with light and dark bars.
RANGE.—Western Atlantic Ocean.
- bibliyografik atıf
- Schultz, Leonard P. 1969. "The taxonomic status of the controversial genera and species of parrotfishes with a descriptive list (family Scardiae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-49. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.17
