redtail parrotfish

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Wrasse of the Caribbean Sea

Red
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Sparisoma chrysopterum (common names: redtail parrotfish, blue parrotfish, kwab, pink kwab, pink parrot, blisterside, and blue black-finned chub) is a species of parrotfish.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Sparisoma
Water type: Marine
Body shape: fusiform