| Citation | Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak, 1996, Marine fishes and fisheries of Malaysia and neighbouring countries.. University of Pertanian Malaysia Press, Serdang, Malaysia. 744 p. |
| Ref. | Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak, 1996 |
| Page | 497;fig.815-816 |
| Named Used as Valid | Scarus tricolor |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | E African coast, E to Madagascar, the Seychelles, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago and the Maldives Islands, eastern Indian Ocean/western central Pacific to French Polynesia and the Pitcairn group, Japan and Indo-Pacific |
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