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Yellowtail Parrotfish

Sparisoma rubripinne

Description:

Photo take at -45 ft on a coral reef this is one of the most common parrotfish in the area it can grow up to 50 cm long has pale brown colors whit white red fins and a yellow tail very distinctive.

Habitat:

Inhabits coral reefs and seagrass beds, Found from Florida all the Caribbean sea to north Brazil.

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2 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks indeed Cindy to me they are always smiling :)

Beautiful. It looks like it's smiling :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Nov 16, 2012
Submitted on Nov 16, 2012

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