Size: 6 to 11 in.
ID: tiny yellow spot and two or so black
dots on upper body; forked tail with black dots on the tips;
usually a pinkish band from mouth to below eye; white dot on tail top
in initial phase (see photo # 7)
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Scaridae / Parrotfishes
Genus Species: Sparisoma aurofrenatum /
Redband
Parrotfish
Habitat: reefs and sandy areas
Typical food: algae and coral polyps
Other information: 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 for the tropics; shy
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