Naming and taxonomy The marbled parrotfish was first formally described as Scarus vaigiensis in 1824 by the French naval surgeons and naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869) and Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793-1858) in their book Voyage autour du monde. The type locality was given as Waigeo. William John Swainson created the genus Leptoscarus in 1839 and L. viagiensis is the only species in this monospecific genus. Human usage The marbled parrotfish is caught in local artisanal fisheries and it is normally marketed fresh. In Queensland there is a limit of 5 marbled parrotfishes in a maximum bag of 20 coral reef fishes and they must be no less than long. References Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) External links Scaridae Taxa named by William John Swainson Taxa named by Jean René Constant Quoy - 1824-1825 Taxa named by Joseph Paul Gaimard Fish described in 1824