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Updated 4/27/2020

Family Scaridae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Scarus iseri



Jardines de la Reina, Cuba

Male, Benwood wreck, Key Largo, FL, 35 feet

 

Male, 9-foot Stake, Key West, FL, 25 feet


Key West, FL

Jardines de la Reina, Cuba


Key Largo, FL
   

STRIPED PARROTFISH

Common on Caribbean coral reefs.  Males with wide purplish-brown stripe through the eye, bordered by blue stripes forming a Y, yellow cheek, and caudal fin with lavender rays; females with pale unmarked caudal fin, two stripes on belly of orange-brown dashes, juveniles with yellow snout.   Attains 11 inches.  Bermuda, Florida to Brazil.  Similar to the Princess Parrotfish.  Often misspelled as Scarus iserti.