Common name | Greenblotch parrotfish |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Jamaica |
Locality | Discovery Bay |
Ref. | Pollnac, R.B., 1998 |
Life stage | adults |
Sex | spawning males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Their fused teeth joined at the front in a groove forming a pair of beak-like tooth plates and their flapping of their pectoral fins during swimming gave them their name parrotfishes (Ref. 5288). |