Scientific name : Scarus quoyi
Family : Scaridae
Size : Up to 25 cm
Distribution : Indian Ocean, West Pacific
Biology : It mainly eats seaweeds that it founds on rocks thanks to its beak. The pulled rock fragments are crushed in a bag that looks like a gizzard. It is called parrotfish due to its colour and its bound teeth shaped like a beak that allows it to crush coral skeletons, and so to create coral sand. During the night, the parrotfish hides in a shelter, and sometimes, surrounds itself with a transparent mucus cocoon to protect itself from predators.
IUCN status : Least concern
