Hipposcarus harid

Hipposcarus harid
Sleeping Hipposcarus harid from the Red Sea, Egypt
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Scaridae
Genus:	Hipposcarus
Species:	H. harid
Binomial name
Hipposcarus harid Forsskål, 1775

Closeup of sleeping Hipposcarus harid at Shaab Mahmoud (Red Sea, Egypt)

Hipposcarus harid (also known as Longnose parrotfish or Candelamoa parrotfish) is a species of fish from Scaridae family found on coral reefs of Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Hipposcarus harid (Candelamoa Parrotfish, Candeloma Parrotfish, Indian Ocean Longnose Parrotfish, Longnose Parrotfish)
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Hipposcarus harid" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
3. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775)