Fishes of Hawai'i

 Family Scaridae - parrotfish

Chlorurus perspicillatus - Spectacled parrotfish - Uhu	Male
Description: male - two blue bars on face in front of eye; female - reddish brown body; light caudal peduncle
Size: to 60 cm
Habitat: shallow water on reefs
Diet: herbivorous on benthic algae & live coral. Hawaiian Uses

Scarus rubroviolaceus - Redlip parrotfish - Uhu Pälukaluka "Slippery Uhu"
Description: male - squared snout; upper lip with red or orange; female - brownish color; blue on outer dorsal; ventral part of pectoral is bluish
Size: to 70 cm
Habitat: shallow water on reefs
Diet: herbivorous on benthic algae
Male	Female

Chlorurus sordidus - Bullethead parrotfish - Uhu	Male
Description: male - dorsal distally blue; body greenish-yellow; female - drab olive with reddish mouth area; dark caudal spot or blotch
Size: to 37.5 cm
Habitat: shallow water on reefs
Diet: herbivorous on benthic algae

Last update: 1/25/2005