Tag: Parrotfish
Materials found: 2
Blue-barred Parrotfish
A parrotfish with green-blue coloration shades and variable patterns. Scrapes algae from corals with beak-like teeth.
Scarus ghobban
Dusky parrotfish
The dusky parrotfish (Scarus niger) is a reef fish of the family Scaridae, found across the Indo-Pacific region including the Red Sea. It has a typical parrotfish "beak" of fused teeth used to scrape algae. Coloration varies greatly with age and sex and may include shades of blue, green, purple and almost black; it is often seen alone. It feeds mainly on benthic algae on hard substrate and dead coral, grazing actively on the reef by day.
Scarus niger