What is Parrotfish?

Parrotfish are some of the most beautiful and interesting of the reef fish inhabiting tropical island water around the world. These beauties 1 to 4 feet (30 to 120 centimeters) have bright and vibrant colors ranging from green, blues, yellow to red and have many variations of bicolor, seen, striped and mosaic patterns.

color differs from men, women and juveniles. As with many species, men show the brightest colors while the female maintains a drab look. Parrotfish inhabiting the Greek islands is the only exception where women express the brightest colors.

The reason they got a name is Parrotfish, rather because of their beak similar parrots than their pulsating coloring similar to a parrot. Parrotfish teeth are joined into a fixed plate that allows them to spew and spew seabed and seaweed. The sound of grinding is audible while they eat.

seaweed these fish are growing to coral, so a lot of coral eats. This corresponds to their pulsating color. PArrotfish has a special teeth in the back of the neck that crushes a coral that is digested and released as clouds of white powder sand.

seaweed that grows on coral can block vital, life -giving the sun, so Parrotfish plays an important role in maintaining coral reefs alive and healthy. Especially in the Caribbean, Parrotfish retains coral from seaweed overgrowth.

Parrotfish have a built -in protective mechanism that allows them to sleep without being vulnerable to the attack on predators. They create and surround a sacus cocoon that scientists believe they are masking their smell. Scientists also suspect that this transparent "GOO" blocks attacking bacteria and parasites.

There are more than 90 known varieties of Parrotfish, most with unique properties. Many of them are capabzing color as they ripen. Parrotfish schools travel in women's harem with dominant mAlready for protection and fertilization. The Parrotfish woman has the ability to turn into a man and if a man is lost, the female parrotfish changes her gender and color to take over the role of the dominant man and fertilization of the eggs.

In the continental United States, Parrotfish is rarely consumed, but in other areas of the world it is often considered a delicacy. In the Polynesian Islands, Parrotfish was once considered to be food that deserves to be served to the king. In the Caribbean, Parrotfish is easily caught and are considered a special delicacy. With increasing addiction to Parrotfish, the Caribbean coral reefs maintain, environmental and statesmen are considering administering protection.