parrotfishes in English
noun
1
any of a number of brightly colored marine fish with a parrotlike beak, which they use to scrape food from coral and other hard surfaces.
As parrotfish graze they scrape away minute bits of white coral limestone along with the algae covering.
2
a brightly colored marine fish, especially one of the wrasse family.
Parrotfishes have traditionally been given their own family but current phylogenetic data suggest that parrotfishes are one radiation within the Labridae.
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1. Other Common Names: Bicolour Parrotfish, Irobudai, Loro de manchas rojas, Two-colour parrotfish : General Description: From a marine aquarium industry perspective, parrotfishes are …
2. Jacks 0.05 Grunts 0.05 Mullets 0.05 Rabbitfishes 0.05 Needlefishes 1.1 Porcupinefishes 1.1 Sharks and Rays 1.1 Squirrelfishes 1.1 Sea Breams 1.1 Sharks 1.6 Boxfishes 1.6 Rays 1.6 Scorpionfishes 1.6 Surgeonfishes 2.7 Goatfishes 2.7 Moray Eels 2.7 Leatherjackets 3.8 Snappers 4.9 Unidentified 7.1 Wrasses 7.7 Emperors 7.7 Sea Basses 11.5 Parrotfishes 35.2 Note: Table made from bar graph.