Stoplight Parrotfish


(full size)   
This is a Stoplight Parrotfish abot 22 inches. Photo by Rod 25 Feb 2008 in about 30 feet
Location Banana Reef, Key Largo.

Sparisoma viride


Bright Yellow spot at upper corner of gill cover; Yellow area at base of tail;

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Size: 12-18 inches; max 24 inches;
Depth: 15-80 ft;
Audubon Field Guide; page 578; plate 310;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed.; page 198-199; plate 198-199;

Stoplight Parrotfish
Supermale
Sparisoma viride
Adult Stoplight
Adult Female Stoplight Parrotfish


(parrot48.jpg) Female Stoplight Parrotfish at Carysfort Lighthouse


This is a Stoplight Parrotfish abot 20 inches. Photo by Rod Feb-Mar 2004 in about 30 feet
Location Key Largo.

Rod Bigelow
Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
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