bumphead+parrotfish

media type="youtube" key="nonIFfHtl5I&hl=en" height="379" width="420" These are two videos of bumphead parrotfish The topone is why they're endangered and the bouttom is what they look like when they'e happy! media type="youtube" key="fvr-fZ4OYMw&hl=en" height="355" width="425" The scientific name of a bumphead parrotfish is bolbometopon muricatum   The main habitat of a bumphead parrotfish’s the reefs in the reefs of the Indian and pacific oceans in the west from the Red Sea and form the west from Samoa.

This is 2 pictures of a bumphead parrotfish

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Bumphead Parrotfish are generaly brightly colored 4 ft.length 100 pounds and covered with scales except the leading edge of the head. The jaw bone is shaped into a parrot like beak which is used to scrape alge off of rocks.They have a bump on there head thus the name bumphead parotfish and they can live up t 30 years.

HABITAT Bumphead parrotfish on reefs all over the world.Juveniles are found in lagoons.

RANGE You would find them on reefs in the Indian and Pacific ocean.Also you can find them in the Red Sea ad Samoa.

DIET The diet of bumphaed parotfish consist primaily of alge and sometimes coral.

BEHAVIOR AND ADAPTATIONS Bumphead parrotfish build a bubble around themselves to sleep without being attacked.

REPRODUCTION Bumphead parrotfish lay there eggs on the weathered edge of the Great Barrier reef.They do this in many schools.

RELATIONSHIP TO PEOPLE People are interested in the shape of the headThey are very afraid of people though.

STATUS The bumphead parrotfish is a species of concern.This is because they have gone from 300 species to 60.There has been a ban on hunting bumphead parrotfish.

OTHER INFROMATION Bumphead parrotfish stay in water up to 70 feet in depth.They are the largeswt species of parrotfish and they travle in schools.

SOURCES World book encyclopedia,parrotfish by Tomio Iwamsto (pg 181) animals.mationolgeographic.com/animals/fish/parrot-fish.htm www.wikipedi.com/parrotfish www.google.com