---
title: "Steephead Parrotfish"
description: "Chlorurus microrhinos — Fish. Chlorurus microrhinos, commonly known as the blunt-head parrotfish or steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/steephead-parrotfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Steephead Parrotfish

> Chlorurus microrhinos — Fish. Chlorurus microrhinos, commonly known as the blunt-head parrotfish or steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae.

- Scientific name: *Chlorurus microrhinos*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2297
- Wikidata: [Q1006572](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006572)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68026](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68026)

## Names

- en: Steephead Parrotfish
- de: Kleiner Nasenhorn-Papageifisch
- fr: Perroquet bleu

## Countries with the most observations

AU (369), ID (182), NC (133), FJ (72), PF (68), PW (41), MH (24), UM (24), GU (18), JP (17), PH (15), SB (15)

## Summary

Chlorurus microrhinos, commonly known as the blunt-head parrotfish or steephead parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265815338

## Machine access

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