Bicolor Parrotfish - Scarus rubroviolaceus
The Bicolor Parrotfish - Scarus rubroviolaceus has fused front teeth into beak-like plates, front of head blunt. Terminal male blue to green, with anterior portion of body usually slightly darker. Pink band bordered by blue bands under lower jaw; tail lunate. Initial phase anterior portion of body brown to reddish brown abruptly becoming light gray with markings in brown and red. Tail slightly emarginate and reddish; pelvic fins red.
The ember parrotfish is a species of parrotfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is also known as the bicolor parrotfish and the redlip parrotfish.
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