Size: 8 to 18 in.
ID: bluish with yellow tail, black spot at
pectoral fin base
Class: Actiopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Scaridae / Parrotfishes
Genus Species: Sparisoma rubripinne / Yellowtail
Parrotfish
Habitat: reefs and sandy areas
Typical food: algae and coral polyps
Other information: also called "Redfin Parrotfish";
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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