<p>I caught this little fella among some rocks in Biscayne Bay, Florida. I've looked through several ID books and did some searching on the web and I'm still not sure what type of Parrotfish it is. Can anyone help?<a href="http://imgur.com/gallery/f9SM0OW">http://imgur.com/gallery/f9SM0OW</a></p>
Redband parrotfish, initial phase.
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Hold on just a moment, I was wrong. That fish isn't a parrotfish (Halicoeres genus (puddingwife, blackear, slippery)) at all. You got yourself a juvenile bluehead wrasse there. Compare it with this photo for cross referencing, you'll see the resemblance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassoma_bifasciatum#/media/File:Thalassoma_bifasciatum_(Bluehead_Wrasse)_juvenile_yellow_stage_over_Bispira_brunnea_(Social_Feather_Duster_Worms).jpg
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It had a beak so I'm pretty confident it is a Parrotfish. It is also too big to be a juvenile bluehead so I don't think that's it. I appreciate you trying to help though!
I'm pretty sure it's a princess parrotfish.
Kenman
Probably most likely in the Sparisoma or Scarus genera.
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I was confused and intrigued by this one, so I asked a sharpie on INaturalist. She's really good at Parrotfish, so I'd heed her. Here's the list of criteria:
1) Yellowish dorsal, ventral and pectoral fins, 2) White stripes on belly, 3) Blue eye, 4) Barely discernable body stripes, 5) No dark margin on caudal fin (which rules out Princess).
Angling-caught Parrots can be confusing because they are chameleons. They often lose their color when stressed.
I'll always take an expert's advice so I'll put it down as a striped parrotfish. But yeah this fish was quite an enigma to me. I had never seen a Parrotfish like this in any of my books or while diving.
Looks kinda like a Labidochromis caeruleus
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