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Sparisoma viride
Photo take at -45 ft on a coral reef this adult parrotfish just pass by on the blue sea. Young adults and females with scales outlined in darker gray; often bright red below. Super males green, with bright yellow spot at upper edge of gill cover, yellow bar at base of tail, curved orange-yellow mark on caudal fin rays. Initial phase fish with a brown head, the scales of the upper two-thirds of the body with pale centers and dark brown edges, the lower third of body and fins bright red. Terminal phase males are green with three diagonal orange bands on upper half of head.It is normally found during the day between 15–80 ft. at night they make and special bubble around them for protection.
Found on the coral reefs and algae bottoms from Florida, all the Caribbean sea to Brazil.
6 Comments
Thanks Lauren :)
Very beautiful Gerardo..
Thanks Yuko :)
Incredibly beautiful!
Thanks Cody Yes is amazing the fact of the sand sounds unreal, they are very cool is one of my favorite fish:)
Beautiful portrait! I did research on these guys in Belize, got to know their feeding habits quite personally :-) Cool fact I had learned is most of the "white sand" is crushed coral that comes in the defecate of this species!