Scientific name:
Scarus compressus
Distinctive features:
1. Bright green markings radiate from eye.
Size:
1-1 1/2 ft. max. 2 ft.
Green; fins marked and shaded with blue and salmon. Adult females and males light blue to gray-blue and dusky blue. Juveniles reddish brown. Tail is square, compared with the similar looking terminal blue-chin parrot that has a lunate tail.