Stoplight Parrotfish © Shedd Aquarium
Vibrantly colored, these beautiful creatures in their adult stage are blue with yellow and green and live around coral reefs in the ocean. They tend to sleep in open spaces among the reefs to more easily escape from predators. In their initial state their colors are black with a full red underside. As juveniles have three bars of white scales along their black bodies. As adults they can reach up to 22 inches in length. They feed on coral and algae since they have beaks so if one hears a chomping noise while snorkeling, it is most likely some sort of parrotfish chewing on the corals.. As for reproduction these creatures can go through sex changes throughout their lives.
- Bester, Cathleen. "Biological Profiles: Stoplight Parrotfish." Florida Museum of Natural History.
- http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Sparrotfish/SParrotfish.html
- Leonard, Jared. "Marine Ecology Articles: Stoplight Parrotfish." Miami University (Ohio): Hays Cumins' Home Page.
- http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/fieldcourses03/PapersMarineEcologyArticles/StoplightParrotfish.html
