Midnight parrotfish information

Midnight parrotfish
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Scaridae
Genus:	Scarus
Species:	S. coelestinus
Binomial name
	Scarus coelestinus; Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
	Scarus rostratus Poey, 1860; Pseudoscarus simplex Poey, 1865; Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912;

The midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus) is a species of parrotfish that inhabits coral reefs mainly in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida.

The typical size is between 30 and 60 cm, but it can grow to almost 1 m. It has been observed as far north as Maryland and as far south as Brazil.^[3] Usually found between 3 and 80 m deep, it swims over reefs and sandy areas, where it feeds on algae by scraping it with its teeth fused into a beak.

^ Rocha, L.A.; Choat, J.H.; Clements, K.D.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Scarus coelestinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190720A17793912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190720A17793912.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scarus coelistinus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
^ Humann, Paul; DeLoach, Ned (2002). Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas. Jacksonville, Florida: New World Publications, Inc. ISBN 1-878348-30-2.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Rocha, L.A.; Choat, J.H.; Clements, K.D.; Russell, B.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Scarus coelestinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190720A17793912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190720A17793912.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scarus coelistinus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

[reeffish-3] Humann, Paul; DeLoach, Ned (2002). Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas. Jacksonville, Florida: New World Publications, Inc. ISBN 1-878348-30-2.

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Midnight parrotfish

Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Scaridae
Genus:	Scarus
Species:	S. coelestinus
Binomial name
*Scarus coelestinus* Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms^[2]
Scarus rostratus Poey, 1860 Pseudoscarus simplex Poey, 1865 Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912