Sea Creature Spotlight: Parrotfish

This Sea Creature Spotlight is about the parrotfish. I like parrotfish because they are very colorful.

Parrotfish (source)

And you thought you had a lot of relatives!

There are ninety-five types of parrotfish. You can find parrotfish living in waters through the world. They usually live in or near coral reefs because they eat coral (a bit more about this in a bit). If they were humans they sure would have a lot of birthday parties to remember with that many relatives! 😆


About those teeth...

Parrotfish (source)

Something neat or interesting about parrotfish is that they have teeth that look a lot like human teeth. They use their teeth in order to chew coral.

Parrotfish eat digestible parts of the reef, such as algae and then pass out the parts they cannot digest in the form of sand.

Although these ocean beauties seem harmless if there are too many parrotfish living at a reef, though it can cause harm too the reef.






A Mucous Sleeping Bag?

Would you sleep in a in slimy sleeping bag at a sleep over? Bleh! I sure wouldn't!

Believe it or not some parrotfish do! Some species of parrotfish actually surround themselves with a sort of mucous sleeping bag or cocoon at night.

There are several theories as to why fish do this, but the most common thought is that the fish are protected by this slimy sleeping bag... most likely from predators.


Thanks for swimming by and learning about parrotfish!

I think parrotfish are cool and interesting sea creatures.The parrotfish is very cool in my thoughts although, if there are too many in an environment, they can become invasive.