Parrotfish

 Parrotfish

__Intresting Facts__

The scientific name is Scarus.

Food source is algea and coral.

Have a beak like mouth to eat the coral.

Using flattened teeth in its throat grinds up the coral and swallows fragments, digesting the edible parts adn excreting the rest.

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References:

“Parrotfish”. __Animals__. 2009. National Geographic Society. 17 Apr.2009 []

“Parrotfish”. __Fish. __2009. Seaworld. 17 Apr. 2009. []

“Parrotfish”. __Illustrated Wildlife__. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1980. “Parrotfish”. __Wildlife Fact-File__. 1991.