---
title: "Spotted Parrotfish"
description: "Cetoscarus ocellatus — Fish. Cetoscarus ocellatus, commonly known as the spotted parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish belonging to the family Scaridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/spotted-parrotfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Parrotfish

> Cetoscarus ocellatus — Fish. Cetoscarus ocellatus, commonly known as the spotted parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish belonging to the family Scaridae.

- Scientific name: *Cetoscarus ocellatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1863
- Wikidata: [Q5510314](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5510314)
- iNaturalist taxon: [97098](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/97098)

## Names

- en: Spotted Parrotfish
- de: Pazifischer Maskenpapageifisch
- es: Loro manchado
- fr: Poisson-Perroquet à ocelles

## Countries with the most observations

ID (332), MV (206), FJ (92), AU (82), PW (60), PF (54), PH (51), NC (50), MY (25), GU (22), MH (22), SB (22)

## Summary

Cetoscarus ocellatus, commonly known as the spotted parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish belonging to the family Scaridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetoscarus_ocellatus

## Photo

![Spotted Parrotfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-parrotfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298155079

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-parrotfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).