Guinean parrotfish (Scarus hoefleri)

Scientific name: Scarus hoefleri Steindachner, 1881

Guinean parrotfish (Scarus hoefleri)

The Guinean parrotfish (Scarus hoefleri) is a marine fish of the family Scaridae. Native range: Eastern Atlantic, Mauritania to Congo.

Species facts

Scientific name
Scarus hoefleri
Family
Scaridae (Parrotfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Common length
40.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Congo.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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