Distribution: Western Atlantic, from Florida and Bermuda to Brazil. The most common parrotfish throughout the Caribbean.
Sometimes confused with Sparisoma chrysopterum.
at Dry Rocks & Christ of the Deep (Florida)
at 1000 Steps (Bonaire) © fishaddict
at Pigeon Islands (Guadeloupe) © bruno56
at Vieux-Fort Lighthouse (Guadeloupe) © bruno56
at Not The Grotto (Bahamas) © bigdog
at Caleta Buena (Cuba) © anne
at Te Amo Beach (Bonaire) © peersen
at Smith’s Reef (Turks and Caicos Islands) © misting2
at Caneel Bay (US Virgin Islands) © nst56
at Galley Bay (Antigua and Barbuda) © nst56
at West Bay (Roatán) © nst56
at 1000 Steps (Bonaire)
at West Bay (Roatán)
at Isla Diablo (Panama) © nicoleguillemin
at Punta Perdiz (Cuba) © maima
at Tobago Cays (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) © tinoumer
at Punta Perdiz (Cuba) © anne
at No Name Beach (Bonaire)
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