Hipposcarus harid

Hipposcarus harid
Sleeping Hipposcarus harid from the Red Sea, Egypt
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]

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