Scientific Name	Leptoscarus vaigiensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)	Depth	3 - 10M
Chinese	纖鸚鯉	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鸚哥魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F414　Scaridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	纖鸚嘴魚
Max Length	35 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	鸚哥、蠔魚、臊魚、海代(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Waigeo, Indonesia
Synonyms	Calliodon chlorolepsis, Leptoscarus coeruleopunctatus, Leptoscarus vaigeinsis, Leptoscarus vaigensis, Leptoscarus vaigienis, Scarichthys auritus, Scarichthys caeruleopunctatus, Scarus auritus, Scarus bottae, Scarus caeruleo-punctatus, Scarus coeruleopunctatus, Scarus naevius, Scarus rubronotatus ...all 14..
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)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Liao, U. C. etc. 2004
Specimen List	AMNH222681. AMNH222682. ASIZP0056312. ASIZP0056313. ASIZP0057703. ASIZP0058289. ASIZP0058662. ASIZP0059072. ASIZP0059632. ASIZP0060719. ASIZP0061910. ASIZP0073244. ASIZP0074875. ASIZP0079431. ASIZP0805719. ASIZP0807667. ASIZP0915719. ASIZP0916845. ASIZP0917667. FRIP22321. NMMBP02343. NMMBP03271. NMMBP05532. NMMSTP00154. NTUM06471. NTUM07576. USNM00200262. USNM00235542. USNM00235630. USNM00362550.
Common Name	Petroleum parrotfish; Slender parrotfish; Seagrass parrotfish; Parrotfish; Marbled parrotfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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