Saltwaterfish. Parrotfishes. Inhabits mid-to-shallow, wanders around by day scaping algue from corals and rocks.

- Striped Parrotfish Scarus iserti
- Queen Parrotfish Scarus vetula
- Princess Parrotfish Scarus taeniopterus

Size: 20 to 25 cm, max 37,5 cm.
Colour: Terminal phase has shades of blue and green. There is a blue-green stripe from its mouth backwards under its eye and beyond and another one above the eye. The Juvenile is white with three black stripes, the middle one goes through the eye.
Shape: Elongated with beaked mouth to scrape at the coral.

Inhabits coral reefs, mid-to-shallow reefs. Wanders around by day, scaping algue from corals and rocks, with beaked mouth.

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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