Spotted parrotfish

Perroquet bicolore

Scientific name : Cetoscarus ocellatus

Family : Scaridae
Size : Up to 90 cm
Distribution : Tropical Indo-Pacific

Biology : The spotted parrotfish undergoes a drastic colour change during its lifetime. The juvenile is white with an orange stripe across its eye, then it becomes female and takes on a brown colouring, and finally the female transforms into a male, turning turquoise and purple.