Scarus fuscopurpureus és una espècie de peix de la família dels escàrids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.
Els mascles poden assolir els 38 cm de longitud total.[3]
Es troba al Mar Roig i Somàlia.[3]
Scarus fuscopurpureus és una espècie de peix de la família dels escàrids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.
Scarus fuscopurpureus, common name purple-brown parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish in the family Scaridae.[3] It occurs in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
This reef-associated species inhabits shallow water, at a depth of 2–20 m, often over sand with coral heads. It rather common and it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. These fishes can be found in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Persian Gulf (in Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Yemen, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Sudan).[1]
Scarus fuscopurpureus can reach a body length of about 38 mm (1.5 in).[2] Colors of these fishes depend on sexes and stage of growth. They vary from brown to green or blue, with one whitish vertical band and pale edged scales. Initial stages show light and purple brown (hence the common name) bands, with reddish edges of scales and a truncate to emarginated caudal fin. The males of the terminal phase may have a yellow band below the soft dorsal and a yellow edged lunate tail.[4][5]
Scarus fuscopurpureus is oviparous and the male and female form pairs for spawning. They can be usually found in pairs or small groups.[2] They mainly feed on algae.
Scarus fuscopurpureus was not found in surveys of fish markets in Oman.[1]
Scarus fuscopurpureus was first formally described as Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus in 1871 by the German physician and zoologist Carl Benjamin Klunzinger (1834-1914) with the type locality given as Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt.[6]
Scarus fuscopurpureus, common name purple-brown parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish in the family Scaridae. It occurs in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
Scarus fuscopurpureus es una especie de peces de la familia Scaridae en el orden de los Perciformes.
Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 38 cm de longitud total.[2]
Se encuentra en el mar Rojo y Somalia.
Scarus fuscopurpureus es una especie de peces de la familia Scaridae en el orden de los Perciformes.
Scarus fuscopurpureus Scarus generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Scaridae familian sailkatzen da.
Scarus fuscopurpureus is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van papegaaivissen (Scaridae).[2] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1871 door Klunzinger.
De soort staat op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN als niet bedreigd, beoordelingsjaar 2009.[1]
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紫褐鸚嘴魚，為輻鰭魚綱鱸形目隆頭魚亞目鸚哥魚科的其中一種，分布於西印度洋區，從紅海至索馬利亞海域，棲息深度2-20公尺，體長可達38公分，棲息在沙底質、珊瑚礁海域，成小群或成對活動，以藻類為食，可成為食用魚。
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