Redband Parrotfish

Redband Parrotfish, Newly Settled

Newly Settled marine organisms have just arrived on the reef. They are still small and vulnerable and may not yet resemble adults.

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.