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Scarus chameleon Choat & Randall, 1986

Chameleon parrotfish
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Common names: Chameleon parrotfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Kailola, P.J., 1987
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occur in the Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia (Ref. 2334); also Lord Howe Island (Ref. 1602, 75154). Recorded from Shark Bay (Ref. 115274). Juveniles are found in New South Wales (Ref. 1602). Also Ref. 48636.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

蓝臀鹦嘴鱼, Loro, Moymoy, ... more

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Scaridae (Parrotfishes) > Scarinae
Etymology: Scarus: Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Choat & Randall.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม เกี่ยวกับหินโสโครก; ระดับความลึก 3 - 30 m (Ref. 37816).   Tropical; 30°N - 32°S

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