What is Scarus ghobban?
{{Orphan|date=February 2022}} [[File:Scarus ghobban 0870.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|The Blue-barred Parrotfish}}]] {{italic title}} '''''Scarus ghobban''''' is a member of the ''[[Parrotfish|Scaridae]]'' family. ''Scarus ghobban ''is also known as the '''blue-barred parrotfish'''.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/190705/0 |title=Scarus ghobban |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref> [[wikt:ancient|Ancient]] [[writer]]s described them as 'parrot fish'.<ref name=FishBase>{{cite web |url=http://www.fishbase.us/summary/5548 |title=Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775, Blue-barred parrotfish |author=Estelita Emily Capuli; Kristine Elaine Paz Olisa |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=FishBase |accessdate=12 November 2014}}</ref> ==Description== This [[species]] is [[blue]]-[[green]] to [[green]] in color. It often grows to about {{convert|46|cm}}. It may have a central [[wikt:stripe|stripe]] on the [[Fin|dorsal and anal fins]] that is [[pink]] in color. The underside of the body may be pinkish or [[yellow]]ish. There may be blue [[wikt:markings|markings]] around the area of the pectoral fin.<ref name=CDF>{{cite web |url=http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/7724/ |title=Scarus ghobban |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=11 January 2013 |website= |publisher=Charles Darwin Foundation |accessdate=12 November 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130234/http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/7724/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Distribution== ''Scarus ghobban'' is found in [[wikt:waters|waters]] around [[Africa]], the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] and [[Red Sea]]s.<ref name=FishBase/> They are also found in the [[Galápagos Islands]]<ref name=CDF/> and the [[East]]ern [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name=FishBase/> ==Habitat== ''Scarus Ghobban'' occurs in places with sandy botto