Saltwaterfish. Parrotfishes. Locally common on shallow reefs.  Males blue-green with an orange-pink stripe on pectoral fin, females dark gray with broad white stripe on side. Forms permanent harem groups composed of a single male and several smaller females.

- Princess Parrotfish Scarus taeniopterus
- Redband Parrotfish Sparisoma aurofrenatum

Size: 30 to 60 cm, max 70 cm.
Colour: Males blue-green with an orange-pink stripe on pectoral fin, females dark gray with broad white stripe on side. Juvenile is brown with two white stripes along the side.
Shape: Big, sturdy fish, elongated and beaked mouth to scrape at the coral.

Inhabits coral reefs.  Locally common on shallow reefs.  Males blue-green with an orange-pink stripe on pectoral fin, females dark gray with broad white stripe on side. Forms permanent harem groups composed of a single male and several smaller females.

BES-eilanden: St. Eustatius.

[Marion Haarsma, feb. 2016]

- DeLoach, N., & Humann, P. (2002). Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas - 3th Edition. New World Publications, Inc.

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