Editing Parrotfish (section)

{{Short description|Clade of ray-finned fishes}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Redirect2|Scarinae|Scarini|the group of leafhoppers formerly known by these names|Gyponini}}
{{Distinguish|Parrot cichlid (disambiguation){{!}}parrot cichlid}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Miocene|present}}
| image = Scarus frenatus by Ewa Barska.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Scarus frenatus]]''
| taxon = Scarini
| authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1810
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = * ''[[Bolbometopon]]''<br/>
* ''[[Calotomus]]''<br/>
* ''[[Cetoscarus]]''<br/>
* ''[[Chlorurus]]''<br/>
* ''[[Cryptotomus]]''<br/>
* ''[[Hipposcarus]]''<br/>
* ''[[Leptoscarus]]''<br/>
* ''[[Nicholsina]]''<br/>
* ''[[Scarus]]''<br/>
* ''[[Sparisoma]]''
}}
'''Parrotfish''' (named for their mouths, which resemble a parrot's beak) are a clade of fish placed in the tribe '''Scarini''' of the [[wrasse]] family (Labridae).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hughes |first1=Lily C |last2=Nash |first2=Chloe M |last3=White |first3=William T |last4=Westneat |first4=Mark W |date=2023-06-17 |editor-last=Matschiner |editor-first=Michael |title=Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae) |url=https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/72/3/530/6798871 |journal=Systematic Biology |language=en |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=530–543 |doi=10.1093/sysbio/syac072 |issn=1063-5157}}</ref> Traditionally treated as their own family (Scaridae), genetic studies have found them to be deeply nested within the wrasses, and they are now treated as a subfamily (Scarinae) or tribe (Scarini) of them.<ref name =Westneat/> With roughly 95 species, this group's largest [[species richness]] is in the [[Indo-Pacific]]. They are found in [[coral reef]]s, rocky coasts, and [[seagrass]] beds, and can play a significant role in [[bioerosion]].<ref name=j1/><ref name=j2/><ref name=j3/>