Size: 14-18 in.
ID: Red crescent on tail edge, black dot on pectoral
fin base, blue.
Initial phase is reddish
including tail, can fade and change color
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Scaridae / Parrotfishes
Genus Species: Sparisoma chrysopterum /
Redtail Parrotfish
Habitat: reefs, shallow rubble, grass
Typical food: algae, coral polyps
Other information: their "beaks" are used to scrape
algae and polyp 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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