Parrotfish ID?

[Larry L]

Anyone good at identifying parrotfish? This one was collected in the Florida Keys. Juvenile Sparisoma radians? Juvenile Sparisoma atomarium? Something else?

 

[Webslinger]

whatever it is. throw it back. haha

 

[Garia666]

whatever it is. throw it back. haha

Get a fish who eats your algea.

 

[Larry L]

whatever it is. throw it back. haha

I live in Denver, can't throw that far. It came in a shipment of other fish.

 

[Larry L]

Get a fish who eats your algea.

I have sailfin mollies in there, they love the hair algae. And it's not a display tank anyway so who cares about the algae.

 

[Webslinger]

I live in Denver, can't throw that far. It came in a shipment of other fish.

Down the commode then! Haha

 

[DeniseAndy]

I have no idea, but it is cute. Put in the sump until it gets too big or bring to local fish seller to re-home. Cool find!

 

[Webslinger]

I have no idea, but it is cute. Put in the sump until it gets too big or bring to local fish seller to re-home. Cool find!

Yeah pretty....pretty ugly!

 

[DeniseAndy]

Ha, all in the eye of the beholder. I mean, my kids were beautiful to me, but looking back at pics, they were not all that cute. They are now though. (in case one reads this)

 

[BlazinNano]

I dont have an answer but I would love to see what it grows into. Keep us updated if you plan on keeping it. It may start out on the "ugly" side but both of the species you listed above change as they get older.

 

[mort]

I have no idea but may @evolved or @eatbreakfast can help.


Just looking up S. radians it looks similar and doesn't seem to get that big, so I'd be tempted to keep it because it looks cool.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I agree with S. radians.

 

[evolved]

Parrots are definitely not my specialty, but I also support S. radians:

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