PARROTFIS
HES!!
BY: MACKENZIE MOORE

Yellow nose and back
Squared
Nose

BLUE PARROTFISH
Yellow nose and back
Adult
Intermediate/Juvenile
Squared
Nose

Spots and patches on head/
nose

MIDNIGHT PARROTFISH
Spots and patches on head/
nose

Black tail
Black
base of fin

Terminal
phase
Initial phase
Black tail
Black
base of fin
Bucktooth Parrotfish

Faint pale to dark
blotch
Yellow-gold to
red eye

Initial phase Terminal phase
Faint pale to dark
blotch
Yellow-gold to
red eye
GREENBLOTCH PARROTFISH

Borders of tail are
Yellow or orange yellow,orange or
stripe down body pink

Terminal phase Initial phase
Borders of tail are
Yellow or orange yellow,orange or
stripe down body pink
PRINCESS PARROTFISH

White stripe down back
Markings
around mouth

Initial phase
White stripe down back
Markings
around mouth
Terminal phase
QUEEN PARROTFISH

Bright green
Orange-brown head
Squared tail

Terminal phase Initial phase
Bright green
Orange-brown head
Squared tail
RAINBOW PARROTFISH

Small yellow blotch
Line from mouth to
eye usually pink to
orange
White spot

Terminal phase Juvenile phase
Small yellow blotch
Initial phase
Line from mouth to
eye usually pink to
orange
White spot
REDBAND PARROTFISH

Black blotch at
base of fin
Yellow to
white tail Red tinted fins
Yellow tail

Terminal phase Initial phase
Black blotch at
base of fin
Yellow to
white tail Red tinted fins
Yellow tail
REDFIN PARROTFISH
(YELLOWTAIL PARROTFISH)

Yellowish
Reddish
Blue area tints on tail
crescent
Black blotch behind fin on tail
by fin

Terminal phase Initial phase Yellowish
Reddish
Blue area tints on tail
crescent
Black blotch behind fin on tail
by fin
REDTAIL PARROTFISH

Three rows of
spots
Bright
yellow
spot
Red belly
and tail

Juvenile phase
Terminal phase Three rows of
spots
Bright
yellow
spot
STOPLIGHT PARROTFISH
Red belly
and tail
Initial phase

No dark markings
Gold to yellow
on borders of tail
Yellow stripe above fin
smudge
on nose Pink,
The juvenile/ initial phase is very yellow or
similar to the princess parrotfish, orange
they are distinguished by the
dark markings on the tail of the linear
princess parrotfish markings

Juvenile/initial phase
Terminal phase
No dark markings
Gold to yellow
on borders of tail
Yellow stripe above fin
smudge
on nose Pink,
The juvenile/ initial phase is very yellow or
similar to the princess parrotfish, orange
they are distinguished by the
dark markings on the tail of the linear
STRIPED PARROTFISH princess parrotfish markings