Scientific Name
Sparisoma atomarium
Common Name
Greenblotch parrotfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 9;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 9. Initial phase olive-brown, finely mottled with pale pink, with whitish stripes (most evident on ventral half of body); one changeable color phase with a broad dark stripe from snout, enclosing eye, and passing along upper side; terminal males with a broad band of olive or red on upper side, finely flecked with other colors, the ventral half with iridescent light blue-green and wavy orange stripes; a bright green blotch as large as eye on shoulder region behind upper end of gill opening, sometimes containing one or two deep blue spots (Ref. 13442).