Scientific Name
Chlorurus sordidus  
Pronounce  
Chlorurus sordidus藍頭綠鸚哥魚
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author (Forsskål, 1775) Depth 3 - 50M
Chinese 藍頭綠鸚哥魚 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 鸚哥魚科 Economic Fish Yes 
Family F414 Scaridae Edible Fish Yes  Chinese In Mainland China 藍頭綠鸚嘴魚 
Max Length 40 cm  Aquarium Fish Yes  Common Name 青尾鸚哥、藍鸚哥、青衫(雄)、蠔魚(雌)、紅鮘(雌)(澎湖) 
Distribution in World India Ocean to Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan East、West、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS. 
Habitats Coral、Coastal、Lagoon  Holotype Locality Red Sea, 27°17'23"N, 33°48'52"E, 0-20 ft 
Synonyms Callyodon albipunctatus, Callyodon bipallidus, Callyodon cyanogrammus, Callyodon erythrodon, Callyodon margaritus, Callyodon rostratus, Callyodon sordidus, Pseudoscarus goldiei, Pseudoscarus margaritus, Pseudoscarus platodoni, Pseudoscarus vitriolinus, Scaridea leucotaeniata, Scarus celebicus ...all 24..  
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);Fishbase(2006);Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002);Review and doubtful species of Scaridae of Taiwan(Liao et al., 2004)  Forsskål, P. 1775 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, L. S. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Liao, U. C. etc. 2004 
Specimen List ASIZP0056283. ASIZP0060636. ASIZP0060720. ASIZP0060810. ASIZP0806744. ASIZP0806770. ASIZP0916744. ASIZP0916770. BPBMI22742. NMMBP02375. NMMBP02383. NMMBP04971. NMMBP06540. NTOUP201203-062.  
Common Name Parrotfish; Bullethead parrot; Bullethead parrotfish; Daisy parrotfish; Burnt parrotfish; Green parrotfish; Green-finned parrotfish 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
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