Size: 1 to 2 Ft.
ID: Yellow spot at upper gill cover, 2 yellow tail bars
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Scaridae / Parrotfishes
Genus Species: Sparisoma viride / Stoplight Parrotfish
Habitat: Reefs and Sandy Areas
Typical food: Algae and Coral Polyps
Other information: Their "beaks" are used to scrape algae and polyps from coral and rocks, but in this process a lot of limestone is also eaten and ground in their gullets so that they excrete much sand for the tropics; shy; at night often sleep in their protective mucous membrane.
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