Stoplight parrotfish
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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. Like most of its relatives, it is able to change sex.
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Stoplight parrotfish | |
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Male (terminal phase) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Scaridae |
Genus: | Sparisoma |
Species: | S. viride |
Binomial name | |
Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) | |
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The common name, stoplight, comes from the marked yellow spot near the pectoral fin, which is clearly visible only in specimens in the terminal phase.