Redband Parrotfish ( juvenile)

Description:

Photo take a t -45 ft in a Caribbean reef, 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. Marine Species.

Habitat:

Common to occasional Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.