Scientific Name	Scarus chameleon   Pronounce			by: Yun-Chih Liao
Author	Choat & Randall, 1986	Depth	3 - 30M
Chinese	藍臀鸚哥魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鸚哥魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F414　Scaridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	藍臀鸚嘴魚
Max Length	31 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	鸚哥、青衫(雄)、蠔魚(雌)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	E. Sumilon I., off southeast Cebu, Philippines, 20 m.
Synonyms	Scarus lunula
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)  Choat, J. H. etc. 1986 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Liao, U. C. etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0061909.
Common Name	Chameleon parrotfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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