Redband Parrotfish

Redband Parrotfish, Initial Phase

This Parrotfish has highly variable coloring across different life stages. Terminal-phase males have a greenish-grey body with a reddish tint underneath, a red band from the mouth to the upper side of the head, and reddish fins. In the initial phase, the body is dark to mid-grey-brown, sometimes with two pale stripes running from the mouth to the tail base, and a white spot on the upper tail base behind the dorsal fin. Juveniles are red-brown with two white stripes along the body and a black spot behind the upper part of the head.