Bumphead Parrotfish

Scientific Name: Bolbometopon muricatum
Family: Parrotfishes - Scaridae
Maximum Size: 126cm
Identification: Huge, with large hump on forehead; greenish gray.
Favourite: Form feeding groups.
Hide-out: Uses head to break coral. Lagoons and seaward reefs to 40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Line Is. and Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia.