Diagnostic Description
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Male brightly coloured ; female and juveniles with light and dark bands on back (Ref. 89672).
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Life Cycle
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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
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Biology
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Inhabits rocky coastal areas (Ref. 7360). A herbivorous species with specialized pharyngeal bones and muscles (Ref. 52194, 52195). Occurs in shallow water (Ref. 27000).
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Comprehensive Description
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Scarus hoefleri (Steindachner)
Pseudoscarus hoefleri Steindachner, 1881, p. 46, pl. 6: fig. 2.
Scarus hoefieri.—Schultz, 1958, p. 109, pl. 21D.—Bauchot and Blanc, 1961, p. 61 [off Sierra Leone].
Characterized by having 7 median predorsal scales; 3 rows of scales on cheek, with 2 or 3 scales in ventral row; ii,12 pectoral fin rays; lips almost covering green teeth of adults (white in young fish).
Coloration in alcohol brownish with dusky margins on dorsal and anal fins; body posterioventrally pale.
RANGE.—Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
- citação bibliográfica
- Schultz, Leonard P. 1969. "The taxonomic status of the controversial genera and species of parrotfishes with a descriptive list (family Scardiae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-49. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.17
