Princess Parrotfish

Cute fish Princess Parrotfish

The color of this beautiful Parrotfish differs between males and females. Pictured here is an adult male with a blue body and shades of yellow, purple and green. Along its side is a cute little juvenile Princess Parrotfish with horizontal black and white stripes. The Parrotfish uses its strong beak-like jaws to graze for algea on corals and constantly re-grows its teeth.

Also called:	Princess Parrot, Princess Green Parrotfish
Latin name:	Scarus taeniopterus
Class:	Scaridae (Parrotfish), subfamily: Scarinae
Order:	Perciformes (Perch-like)
Family:	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)
Size:	Up to 14 inches (35 cm)
Area:	Bermuda, Southern Florida and Bahamas to Brazil and throughout the Caribbean
International names:
Orangestribet Papegøjefisk (Danish)