(1) The eye of an ember parrotfish Maldives.

(2) The clownish grin of a bridled parrotfish reveals its power tools: grinding teeth used to scrape algae from rock.

(3) Abundantin and around the world's tropical reefs, the parrotfish is knownto change its shape, color, and even gender during its lifetime.

(4) A school of Pacific steephead parrotfish graze on dead coral at Kanton island.

(5) These larger parrotfish are fantastic grazers , making the algae cover fourfold less inside the park than outside the reserve.

(6) Here is a close-up of the brightly colored parrotfish supermale.

(7) Parrotfish swim over a reef cluster off Raine Island , Australia.

(8) Photo Gallery: Underwater Landscapes Parrotfish swim over a reef cluster off Raine Island, Australia.

(9) Parrotfish in particular use their serrated jaws scrape off incipient algae and plants.

(10) The coral sand surrounding coral reefs is believed to be mostly produced by Parrotfish and Triggerfish.

(11) the lodge is like a goldfish bowl in reverse, where you sit and watch angelfish, parrotfish(), barracuda and snapperspeering in at you through the window.

(12) Carpenter says he looks forward to the day when both urchins and parrotfish share the task of clearing way for baby coral.

(13) But where Fijians spear lots of herbivores such as bird-beaked parrotfish, few fish remain to prune back the region's seaweeds, a blanket term for many types of big algae.

(14) The Blood parrot ( also as parrot and blood parrotfish ) is a hybrid cichlid.

(15) The real attraction are the fish; the lodge is like a goldfish bowl in reverse, where you sit and watch angelfish, parrotfish, barracuda and snappers peering in at you through the window.