Redband Parrotfish ( juvenile)

Description:

Photo take at -40 ft on a Coral Reef, This small parrotfish hide at the sandy bottom between the Alga´s shells and rock´s, small about 5cm long white like sand color it camouflage really well on the bottom.Parrotfish owe their name to the shape of their mouth. Instead of teeth they have two beak-like plates, like parrots. They have even rows of large, noticeable scales on their bodies Body greenish, underside lighter, anal fin usually reddish. Tail square-cut, outer tips black. The upper forebody with a small yellow blotch with two or more small black spots. Usually with a salmon to orange band from the corner of the mouth to below the eye. A white spot behind the dorsal fin.

Habitat:

Common to occasional Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.