Name: Amazing Diving with the Green Humphead parrotfish!
Uploaded: 2018-04-21T16:07:21+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Description: The green humphead parrotfish. They are found on reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea in the west to Samoa in the east, and from the Yaeyama Islands in the north to the Great Barri

6 years ago

Conservation Ocean Sipidan National Park fish scuba diving

The green humphead parrotfish. They are found on reefs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea in the west to Samoa in the east, and from the Yaeyama Islands in the north to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, in the south. This species does not display sex-associated patterns of color change. The adult develops a bulbous forehead and the teeth plates are exposed, being only partly covered by lips. The species is slow-growing and long-lived (up to 40 years), with delayed reproduction and low replenishment rates.

This species is gregarious and usually occurs in small aggregations, but group size can be quite large on seaward and clear outer lagoon reefs, exceeding 75 individuals.

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