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Redband Parrotfish
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
21.2338, -86.7331
Field Notes
Description:
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. Size up to 28 cm.
Habitat:
Caribbean. Coral reef.They use their 'beaks' to scrape algae and polyps from corals and rocks. They are often seen defecating, what looks like white clouds, which consists mainly of coral limestone. Common to a depth of 20 m.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2011
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