Blue Parrotfish

   
This is an Intermediate Blue Parrotfish about 14 inches. Photo by Rod 11 Feb 06 in about 32 feet water.
Location was City of Washington Wreck; Key Largo. (full size)

Scarus coeruleus

Features: All Blue; Adult: Squared off head; Immature: Conical Head; juv: yellow wash from on snout extends to foredorsal fin;

Audubon Field Guide; page 574; plate 304;
Reef Fish ID; 3rd Edition; page 194-195 plates 194-195; 

 

                                          This is an juvenile Blue Parrotfish about 14 inches. Photo by Rod 11 Feb 06 in about 32 feet water.
                                                                 Location was City of Washington Wreck; Key Largo. (full size)  

Rod Bigelow
Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
< rodbigelow@netzero.net > 

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