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Pacific Longnose Parrotfish
Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
A Pacific Longnose Parrotfish photographed at night at a depth of 10m, Mantis Reef, Wreck Bay, far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, November 2001. View larger image.
Mature Pacific Longnose Parrotfish are light blue with orange scale margins. The upper lip is orange and the fins are blue and orange.
This species grows to 40cm in length.
It is found on coral reefs of the Western Pacific.
In Australia it occurs from the coast and offshore reefs of north-western Western Australia and from the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Allen, G.R. & R. Swainston. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 201.
- Choat, J.H. & J.E. Randall. 1986. A Review of the Parrotfishes (Family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with Description of a New Species. Records of the Australian Museum. 38: 175-228.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
