Dark-capped parrotfish

The dark-capped parrotfish (Scarus oviceps), also known as the blue parrotfish, egghead parrotfish or yellow-barred parrotfish^[2] is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Scaridae. This species inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from Mauritius in the east to the Tuamotus and the Line Islands in the west, north to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.^[3]

Dark-capped parrotfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Scarus
Species:	S. oviceps
Binomial name
Scarus oviceps Valenciennes, 1840