Size: 1 to 2 Ft.
ID: Yellow spot at upper gill cover, 2 yellow tail
bars
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Scaridae / Parrotfishes
Genus Species: Sparisoma viride /
Stoplight 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;
at night often sleep in their protective mucous membrane
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