The parrot fish, also known as the "parrot fish", is a tropical fish that lives in coral reefs, so named because of its bright colors and mouth shape similar to parrots. At high tide, parrot fish, large and small, are cloaked in green and yellow and swim from the deep water outside the coral reef to the shallow reef and lagoon.
Knitting "pajamas"
Parrot fish weave "pajamas". They weave "pajamas" like silkworms spitting silk into cocoons, spitting out white silk from their mouths, and then relying on the help of their ventral and caudal fins, they weave a shell after an hour or two – this is their "pajamas". Sometimes, "pajamas" are woven so tightly that they can't open their mouths when they wake up in the morning, and they will die inside. Parrot fish weave "pajamas" mainly to shield themselves from smelling, in case they are preyed on by moray eels.
Special digestive system
Parrotfish have small, fine, sharp teeth growing on their upper and lower jaws. These small teeth are densely arranged, forming many plates with sharp edges. Parrotfish use plate teeth to nibble the polyps along with their bones, and then use the throat teeth of the throat to grind them into the abdomen. Nutrients are digested and absorbed, and coral debris is excreted.
Solidarity
Studies have found that once parrot fish are unfortunate enough to hit a hook, their companions will soon come to their aid. If the parrotfish is surrounded by a fishing net, the companions will bite its tail with their teeth and desperately pull it out of the gap. As a result, it is generally difficult for fishermen to catch parrot fish.
An expert in maintaining the marine ecology
Parrotfish enjoy frolicking with their friends in the reef area, looking for algae on the corals for food. When eating seaweed, parrot fish will bite and swallow the dead coral branches together, and convert the coral branches into sand and excrete them, creating fine coral sand and maintaining the marine ecological environment.
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Habits Parrotfish inhabit tropical oceans and prefer to eat polyps. Their bodies are as colorful as parrots, with different body colors. There are great differences between male and female parrot fish of the same species, as well as between adult and juvenile fish.
When the parrot fish breeds offspring, the male first sows sperm, and then the female sows eggs in the center of the sperm. This method of reproduction fertilizes only a portion of the eggs, and only a small portion grows.
Aggressive Parrotfish are aggressive, like to chase other species of fish, and will eat small fish and shrimp when hungry.
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