Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Scarus perrico
loro jorobado, loro guacamayo, Bumphead parrotfish
Size: To about 76 cm. TP - Grren to blue-green; fins generally more bluish; blue markings radiate from eye; blue bands around mouth. Only parrotfish with no substantial difference in color or markings between IP and TP. Size of bump on head increas.
Habitat: Most abundant in regions of coral development; usually seen in schools of five to ten individuals.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family
Scaridae
Genus
Scarus
Species
perrico
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California and western coast of Mexico to Peru, and Cocos and Galapagos. Southern Gulf of California to northern Peru. Galápagos and Malpelo Islands
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scarus perrico", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7725. Accessed 3 May 2025.