Real photoREAL PHOTO
Labridae
emerald parrotfish
Nicholsina usta
Thirty Centimeters Wrasse of the Brazilian Coast
- Green
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Green
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
Mediumemerald parrotfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Unnamed Order
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Nicholsina
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Absent in Bermuda, Bahamas and West Indies (except Greater Antilles).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
