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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Lesson, 1829. The princess parrotfish ( Scarus taeniopterus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. [ 2] It is typically 20 to 25 centimetres (7.9 to 9.8 in) long, found in the Caribbean, South Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. [ 3] Its behavior, similar to other parrotfishes, is to swim about the reef ...
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 ...
Scientists collect samples from a mullet in the Florida Keys, where a fish kill has been happening since November 2023. The two phenomena may be connected, but so far, scientists are at a loss to ...
Parrotfish. Parrotfish are a group of fish species traditionally regarded as a family (Scaridae), but now often treated as a subfamily (Scarinae) or tribe (Scarini) of the wrasses (Labridae). [ 1] With roughly 95 species, this group's largest species richness is in the Indo-Pacific. They are found in coral reefs, rocky coasts, and seagrass beds ...