Size: 8-13 in.
ID: pinkish tail borders, yellow fading stripe on
midbody
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Scaridae / Parrotfishes
Genus Species: Scarus taeniopterus / Princess Parrotfish
Habitat: reefs and sandy areas
Typical food: algae and coral polyps
Other information: two blueish stripes go from
nose across the eyes; their "beaks" are used to scrape algae and polyps
from coral and rocks, but in this process a lot of limestone is also
eaten and ground in their gullets so that they excrete much sand; shy
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