Rainbow parrotfish
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Scarus guacamaia Cuvier, 1829 |
The rainbow parrotfish (Scaus guacamaia) is a species of fish in the Scaridae family. It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United States, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. **This fish is becoming extinct**
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- Roberts, C. 1996. Scarus guacamaia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 05 August 2007.