Bower's Parrotfish

Chlorurus bowersi, Bower's parrotfish or the orange-blotch parrotfish, is a species of ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in the north to Java, Papua and the Philippines in the south, and east to Micronesia.

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Local Names: Isdang loro, Aliyakyak, Busalog, Loro, Mol-mol, Molmol, Mul-mul, Mulmol, Yapot

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Found singly, in channels and over reef slopes of lagoons, coral and rocky reefs rich in coral growth. They feed on filamentous algae. Grows up to 40cm. Typically found at 2-20m