Hipposcarus
{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
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| image = Hipposcarus longiceps.jpg
| image_caption = Hipposcarus longiceps
| image2 = Pez loro candelamoa (Hipposcarus harid), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-30, DD 07.jpg
| image2_caption = Hipposcarus harid
| taxon = Hipposcarus
| authority = Smith, 1956
| type_species = Scarus harid
| type_species_authority = Forsskål, 1775{{Cof record|genid=6654|title=Hipposcarus|access-date=10 February 2020}}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
Hipposcarus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfish from the family Labridae.[http://eol.org/pages/24258/overview Hipposcarus – Overview – Encyclopedia of Life][http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206458 WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hipposcarus Smith, 1956] The two species in the genus are distributed in the Indo-Pacific.{{FishBase genus|genus=Hipposcarus|month=August|year=2019}}
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Species
- Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775)
- Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
References
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Category:Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith
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