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Parrot Fish

Notes:

Found when snorkeling at Krabi, Thailand.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Bridled parrotfish
Scarus frenatus


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3 Comments

ViggoLiljefors
ViggoLiljefors 12 years ago

Awesome, thank you both :)

KathrinHachenberg
KathrinHachenberg 12 years ago

They are for sure parrotfish, but there are many species and often female and male look different:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrotfish

BrandonBlount
BrandonBlount 12 years ago

They almost look like Parrot fish. Parrot fish eat the algae and top bits of the coral. They excrete fine grained sand after digesting the coral. :-)

ViggoLiljefors
Spotted by
ViggoLiljefors

Surat Thani, Thailand

Spotted on Jun 16, 2012
Submitted on Jun 16, 2012

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