Chlorurus sordidus

(Forsskal, 1775)

Daisy Parrotfish

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to South Africa and east to Hawaiian, Line and Ducie Islands, north to Southern Japan, and south to New South Wales, Lord Howe and Rapa Islands.

Size: 16 inches (40 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow lagoons, reef flats and coral rich areas and usually found at depths between 3 – 150 feet (1 – 45 m) where it feeds mainly on algae.

General Husbandry: Adults have an overall mottled greenish and juveniles have a dark body with several horizontal white stripes. Not normally collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Labroidei

Family: Scaridae

Subfamily: Scarinae

Genus: Chlorurus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Food fish in local areas.