Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
NMNH Fishes in DwC A
SL=90.8mm. Photographed by Jeffrey T. Williams in 2010 during Coralspot expedition to Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Specimen voucher field number GAM-476.
Parrotfish are tough to identify, as they change colour and pattern quite dramatically as they grow. Like many wrasse, the males are different to the females and there are various intermediate shadings as they change sex. Ningaloo Marine Park