Parrotfish
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name for a member of the large family Scaridae, colorful reef fishes of warm seas, resembling the wrasses but of a larger size.
Parrotfishes are mostly tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Scaridae. Abundant on shallow reefs of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, the parrotfish family contains ten genera and about 80 species.
Parrotfish have thick, heavy bodies and large scales. They are found in tropical waters throughout the world and appear in a wide variety of colors, which may change depending on their sex, status, or maturity.
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Blue parrotfish ciguatera poisoning has been reported as a result of human consumption.
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Queen Parrotfish
Scarus vetula
As parrotfishes grow up, they don't just get bigger, they also change color and sometimes transform from females into males. They have deep, compressed bodies, and their teeth are fused into beaklike plates.
Rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia)
The rainbow parrotfish (Scarus guacamaia) is the largest herbivorous fish in the Atlantic, with males growing to lengths of 1.2 metres... More 2 Images 1 Video ...
PARROTFISH
QUEEN PARROTFISH
SUBORDER ZOARCOIDEI
Includes ronquils, eelpouts, pricklebacks, wrymouths, gunnels, wolffishes, quillfishes, prowfishes, graveldivers ...
A Bluebarred Parrotfish at Shiprock
A Blue-eye Trevalla caught off Balina
A Blueface Angelfish at Hideaway Island, Vanuatu
A Bluefin Trevally at Bougainville Reef
A Bluefish at Lord Howe Island
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Fish make cocoons to sleep safely Parrotfish make sleeping cocoons to "tuck themselves in" and remain protected from parasites, scientists say.
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Many coral reef fish species, such as wrasses, parrotfish, and angelfish may start out as one sex (usually female) and change to the other over time.
Scarus sp.
Common name: parrotfish
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Parrotfish secrete mucus from their skin, creating a "cocoon" to wrap themselves in during the night. This cocoon serves to hide their scent from the nocturnal predators that are patrolling the coral reefs looking for a meal.
(Neoclinus blanchardi), Sargassum Tiggerfish, Scrawled Cowfish, Seahorses, Sea Raven, Shaws Cowfish, Shiner Surfperch, Shrimp Fish, Spanish Hogfish, Squirrel Fish, Squrespot Anthias, Starry Flounder, Stinging Seacat, Stonefish, Stoplight Parrotfish, ...
 See also: Parrot, Coral, Wrasse, Shrimp, Butterflyfish
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