Scientific Name	Scarus ovifrons   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Temminck & Schlegel, 1846	Depth	3 - 35M
Chinese	卵頭鸚哥魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鸚哥魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F414　Scaridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	突額鸚嘴魚
Max Length	78 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	鸚哥、突頭鸚哥
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、North East、PonFu、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tokyo Bay, sw. coast of Japan
Synonyms
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)  Hattori, J. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Liao, U. C. etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0058921. ASIZP0060726. ASIZP0060977. ASIZP0062096. ASIZP0900035. ASIZP0900474. BPBMI23131. NMMSTP00109. NTMP1376. NTOUP200801-041.
Common Name	Knobsnout parrotfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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