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earthlingParrotfish of the Great Barrier ReefMichelle Brayshaw's artwork showing the differing body colours of twenty-two initial and terminal Parrotfish species on the Great Barrier Reef. The colour differences between the terminal males (top photo) and the initial phase (bottom photo) can be clearly seen. Source: Parrotfish of the Great Barrier Reef. Rainbows under the Sea by Michelle Brayshaw, 2025<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineBiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatBarrierReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatBarrierReef</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a>

Ryan B FramedSteephead Parrotfish 📍🇬🇺 Guam <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/parrotfish?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fish?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ocean?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pacific?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pacific</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/diving?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diving</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/underwaterphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underwaterphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sony?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sony</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/marelux?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marelux</a>

Art History Animalia<a href="https://historians.social/tags/FishFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishFriday</a> 🐟: “Ceramic bottles modeled and painted in the form of <a href="https://historians.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a>. Moche style, Peru.” [Moche culture c.100-800CE] On display at @ AMNH NYC [B/3663, 41.2/7779] 🆔 The 2nd vessel with the bump on the head likely represents the appropriately named Bumphead Parrotfish (Scarus perrico)! <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousArt</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AndeanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndeanArt</a>

TerumbuThe huge Humphead parrotfish <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gili" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gili</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giliislands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#giliislands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lombok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lombok</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diving</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scuba</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trawangan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trawangan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dive</a>&stay <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giliair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#giliair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sealife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sealife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marinelife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/padi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#padi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humphead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humphead</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrot</a>

Deborah LeagueVintage Japanese Parrotfish, watercolor.ART - <a href="https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/vintage-japanese-parrotfish-deborah-league.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/vintage-japanese-parrotfish-deborah-league.html</a><a href="https://socel.net/tags/ayearforart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ayearforart</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/buyintoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buyintoart</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/mastodonart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodonart</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/fediart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediart</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/fedigiftshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/giftideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#giftideas</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/arte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arte</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artwork</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artmatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artmatters</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artbooster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artbooster</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/colorful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colorful</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/wallart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wallart</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/homedecor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homedecor</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kunst</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/interiordesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interiordesign</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/creativetoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativetoots</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artforsale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artforsale</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/artprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artprints</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/watercolour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watercolour</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/tropicalfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tropicalfish</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Ichthyology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ichthyology</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/bookillustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookillustration</a>

Alo Japan<a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1177258/japanese-street-food-giant-blue-parrotfish-okinawa-seafood-japan/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.alojapan.com/1177258/japanese-street-food-giant-blue-parrotfish-okinawa-seafood-japan/</a> Japanese Street Food – GIANT BLUE PARROTFISH Okinawa Seafood Japan <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ceviche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ceviche</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/fruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fruit</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FruitSalad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FruitSalad</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanStreetFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapanStreetFood</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapaneseFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseFood</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapaneseStreetFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseStreetFood</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Okinawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Okinawa</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ParrotFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParrotFish</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/sashimi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sashimi</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/SeaGrapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeaGrapes</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seafood</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/StreetFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StreetFood</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/sushi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sushi</a>? <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TokyoStreetFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TokyoStreetFood</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/UmiBudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UmiBudo</a> Japanese Street Food – GIANT BLUE PARROTFISH Okinawa Seafood Japan …

Global MuseumThis awkward fish works harder than you.Its day job helps prevent an iconic ocean ecosystem from collapsing <a href="https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/375178/parrotfish-algae-coral-reef-climate-change" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/375178/parrotfish-algae-coral-reef-climate-change</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ocean</a>

michael5-Sep-2024 Guardians of the reef: How <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> promote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coral</a> health<a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1056939" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1056939</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoralReefs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineBiology</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Guardians of the reef: How <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> promote coral health <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-guardians-reef-parrotfish-coral-health.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2024-09-guardians-reef-parrotfish-coral-health.html</a>Dear enemy effects in the stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride <a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4407" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4407</a>"They have strong, beak-like teeth that allow them to spend up to 90% of the day munching on microscopic organisms that grow on and within the calcium carbonate structures created by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corals</a>. As the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> remove coral skeletons, they create space for new corals to grow and produce white sand as their digestive waste."

ScienceActuallyParrotfish sleep in a bubble made of their own mucus.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefacts</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mucus</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/snot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snot</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bubble</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Dancing yeti <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crabs</a>, morphing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cuttlefish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cuttlefish</a>, other stories from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeepSea</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/1198910431/sabrina-imbler-deep-sea-creatures" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/1198910431/sabrina-imbler-deep-sea-creatures</a>As a kid, Sabrina Imbler loved the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ocean</a>. They'd swim, snorkel, following around <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> in the water. Later, they tried to learn everything they could about these brightly colored tropical <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a>, like how they produce a mucus bubble to sleep in or how they keep <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoralReefs</a> healthy... In 2022, they released a collection of essays called How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In Ten Sea Creatures.

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺The world’s fourth mass <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralBleaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoralBleaching</a> is underway, but well-connected <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reefs</a> may have a better chance to recover <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-fourth-mass-coral-bleaching-is-underway-but-well-connected-reefs-may-have-a-better-chance-to-recover-230755" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-fourth-mass-coral-bleaching-is-underway-but-well-connected-reefs-may-have-a-better-chance-to-recover-230755</a>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corals</a> remain healthier and recover faster if they are surrounded by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> that eat different types of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seaweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seaweed</a>, such as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/surgeonfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surgeonfish</a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/rabbitfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rabbitfish</a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaCucumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeaCucumbers</a> also are important reef partners. They feed on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bacteria</a> and other organic materials in ocean sediments, cleaning up the area around <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoralReefs</a>."

ScienceActuallyParrotfish waste accounts for a whopping 85% of all the sand in the Maldives.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefacts</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/parrotfishpoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfishpoop</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/maldives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maldives</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/themaldives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#themaldives</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Some <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Caribbean</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parrotfishes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfishes</a> find benthic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CyanobacterialMats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CyanobacterialMats</a> particularly tasty <a href="https://oceanbites.org/some-caribbean-parrotfishes-find-benthic-cyanobacterial-mats-particularly-tasty/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oceanbites.org/some-caribbean-parrotfishes-find-benthic-cyanobacterial-mats-particularly-tasty/</a> Preferential consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats by Caribbean parrotfishes <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-023-02404-5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-023-02404-5</a>"this research shows that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> grazing may help control the overgrowth of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/benthic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benthic</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cyanobacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyanobacteria</a> mats in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reefs</a>, providing further support that parrotfishes are critical components of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reef</a> ecosystems" <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bacteria</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microbes</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoralReefs</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BacterialMats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BacterialMats</a>

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)A Palenose Parrotfish swimming the waters of south Oahu. These multi-hued fish can grow to 30 cm. Your <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawaii</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sealife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sealife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photooftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photooftheday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Thursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thursday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sony</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SonyAlpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SonyAlpha</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Oahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oahu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pacificocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pacificocean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marinelife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wild</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#explore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reef</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pictureoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pictureoftheday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#picture</a>

Vivia 🦆🍵:rustacean_ferris:Some fishes from our dives with <a href="https://toot.cat/@slomo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@slomo</a> in Ammouliani on the second weekend of June.Featuring: an ornate wrasse, two brown parrotfishes that look like they are kissing, nudibranch eggs, and a marbled goby camouflaged in the sand.<a href="https://toot.cat/tags/ScubaDiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScubaDiving</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/UnderwaterPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnderwaterPhotography</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineLife</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Nudibranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nudibranch</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Nudibranchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nudibranchs</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fish</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/FishPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FishPhotography</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Wrasse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wrasse</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Parrotfish</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Goby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Goby</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Ammouliani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ammouliani</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Chalkidiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chalkidiki</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺How some <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> learned to hide behind others to hunt <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-some-fish-learned-to-hide-behind-others-to-hunt-new-research-211051" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/how-some-fish-learned-to-hide-behind-others-to-hunt-new-research-211051</a>Predatory <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/trumpetfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trumpetfish</a> conceal themselves from their prey by swimming alongside other fish <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00761-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00761-3</a>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Divers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Divers</a> regularly report seeing trumpetfish swimming closely alongside a larger typically less-threatening fish, such as a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> or <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/surgeonfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surgeonfish</a>... people assumed this <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#behaviour</a> allowed trumpetfish to approach closer to their <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/prey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prey</a> unseen, but this had never been tested –until now."

Restless Lip SyndromeMy husband: "Have a look at the detail in the parrotfish tail! She was resting so I was able to get a good shot"From a night dive this week near Blackrock.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/maui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maui</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hawaii</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hawaiimastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hawaiimastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/reef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reef</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nightphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nightphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/underwaterphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#underwaterphotography</a>

Laura Loomis<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Amaroks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amaroks</a> amok, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> squawking "Polly wants a worm," <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/kelpies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kelpies</a> hiding in the seaweed - life at the exotic-fauna sanctuary was starting to spin out of control. The donors were starting to complain. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/vss365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vss365</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a>

Katherine TraverseThe night garden was cast in shades of blue, an underwater mirage. Coral sprouted through the shrubbery; fish drifted between the dahlias and asters. A whale blocked the moon. Nita beckoned a parrotfish swimming by. When she fed it a ring, it echoed back all the gossip of the world it heard that day.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/vss365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vss365</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/parrotfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parrotfish</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vss</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a>

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