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Stoplight parrotfish. The stoplight parrotfish ( Sparisoma viride) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae, inhabiting coral reefs in Florida, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda and as far south as Brazil. [ 3] It mainly feeds on algae by scraping and excavating it with its teeth.
The Key West National Wildlife Refuge is a 189,497 acre (766.867 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Monroe County, Florida, between Key West, Florida and the Dry Tortugas . Only 2,019 acres (8.171 km 2) of land are above sea level, on several keys within the refuge. These keys are unpopulated and are also designated as Wilderness within ...
This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the state of Florida in the United States. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [ 4] Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet.
The midnight parrotfish ( Scarus coelestinus) is a species of parrotfish that inhabits coral reefs mainly in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida . The typical size is between 30 and 60 cm, but it can grow to almost 1 m. It has been observed as far north as Maryland and as far south as Brazil. [3] Usually found between 3 and 80 m deep, it swims ...
A mysterious ailment causing fish in the Florida Keys to spin in circles and die has touched off a race to find the cause and save the endangered sawfish. In the mystery of Florida’s bizarre ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has been tracking reports of "abnormal fish behavior" in the Keys. ... — is the only one found in Florida. Sawfishes belong to the ...
Grubbs and Florida researchers studying the fish have tagged over 100 to track their movements and found sawfish are typically found in deeper water, up to 200 feet deep, in January and February.
Scarus nuchalis Poey, 1860. The blue parrotfish ( Scarus coeruleus) is a member of the parrotfish genus Scarus. It is found on coral reefs in shallow water in the tropical and subtropical parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. They usually forage in a group of 500 individuals for spawning and deterring predators while feeding.