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Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847

Tricolour parrotfish
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Philippines country information

Common names: Aliyakyak, Angol, Asul
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Bellwood, D.R., 2001
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded in Tañon Strait (Ref. 107276). Known from Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Ref. 58652), Malalag Bay and Sarangani Bay (Ref. 106380). Reported from Cavite as Callyodon elerae (Ref. 1584) and from Zamboanga as C. latifasciatus (Ref. 1620), both are synonyms of this species. Also Ref. 3488, 121724.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Broad, G., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 25 m (Ref. 37816).   Tropical

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