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Updated 4/27/2020

Family Scaridae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Sparisoma rubripinne



Jardines de la Reina, Cuba

 



Key Largo, FL

Female, French Reef, Key Largo, 40 feet

 



Jardines de la Reina, Cuba

YELLOWTAIL PARROTFISH

Common on shallow sandy reefs and seagrass beds.  Females mottled with a yellow tail, males blue-green with a yellowish tail and black at base of pectoral fin.  Attains 18 inches.  Bermuda, Florida to Brazil.