Hipposcarus harid | |
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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 |
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.