Males with a whitish line along their side, females without
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Labriformes
Family:
Scaridae
Genus:
Leptoscarus Swainson, 1839
Species:
L. vaigiensis
Binomial name
Leptoscarus vaigiensis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Synonyms[2]
Scarus vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Scarus coeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1835
Leptoscarus coeruleopunctatus (Rüppell, 1835)
Scarus naevius Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus auritus Valenciennes, 1840
Scarichthys auritus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Scarus rubronotatus Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus bottae Valenciennes, 1840
Calliodon chlorolepis Richardson, 1844
The marbled parrotfish (Leptoscarus vaigiensis), also known as the seagrass parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae and is the only known member of the genus Leptoscarus. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution and is also found in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is a coastal species found in beds of sea grass and seaweed.
^Choat, J.H.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Leptoscarus vaigiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190756A17777316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190756A17777316.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Leptoscarus viagiensis" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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