Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Azure Parrotfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Scarus perrico
- Scarus ghobban
- Scarus rubroviolaceus
- Chlorurus frontalis
- Scarus coeruleus
- Calotomus carolinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Labriformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Scarus
- Species
- Scarus compressus
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