Photos about parrotfishes (Scaridae); including parrotfish spawning: A greensnout parrotfish (Scarus spinus) on a reef in the Solomon Islands. Parrotfish have mesmorizing color patterns!Sleeping bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) in a wreck off Bali. Bumphead parrotfish grow over 4 feet in length and weigh over 100 lb. They play an unique role in their ecosystem, using their large beak to eat coral and algae. Each adult fish ingests over five tons of structural reef carbonates per year, contributing significantly to reef erosion.Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) aggregate at dawn just before spawning on a reef in Palau.Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) aggregate at dawn just before spawning on a reef in Palau.Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) spawning off a reef in Palau.Sleeping redlip parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) on a reef in Palau.Sleeping parrotfish in Palau.Bleeker's parrotfish (Chlorurus bleekeri) in Fiji.Parrotfish eye. Philippines.Parrotfish eye. Indonesia.Tangs and a parrotfish remove algae growing on a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). Hawaii.Bumphead parrotfish (Bulbometopon muricatum) spawning in the blue water off a deep reef in Palau.
