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Sparisoma viride
Photo take at -35 ft in a Caribbean reef, this is the most beautiful of the Caribbean parrotfish, The colors of the stoplight parrotfish in the initial phase, when it could be either a male or a female, are dramatically different from those in the terminal phase, when it is definitely a male. Wikipedia
Inhabitant of the coral reef found from Florida all the Caribbean sea to Brazil.
Found this great specimen on a cleaning station where some Gobys taking care of it´s parasites .
Spotted on Feb 29, 2012
Submitted on Feb 29, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks Nopayahnah and Beagle
What beautiful colors. Gobys are amazing little fish!
The concept of the cleaning station is wonderful!