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3 Common Brain Coral -
1 Turk's Cap Hibiscus -
2 Silver Buttonwood -
1 Sea fan -
1 Coral reef photography -
4 Porcupinefish -
2 Sea Fan coral -
1 Staghorn coral -
1 White ginger -
1 Anthirium -
2 Red Ginger plant -
3 Wild Banyantree (Shortleaf fig) -
1 Black sea rod coral -
1 Caribbean Sea Whip Coral -
2 Stoplight parrotfish (male) -
1 Coral - Porites divaricata -
1 French Grunt -
1 Brain Coral -
![Stoplight Parrotfish Sex Change and Reproduction:
The colors of the stoplight parrotfish in the initial phase, when it could be either a male or a female, are dramatically different from those in the terminal phase, when it is definitely a male. In the initial phase, the stoplight parrotfish can rapidly change the color of the scales on its underside from red to white.[citation needed] Juveniles of both sexes are not dimorphic; following a post-settlement period, they enter their initial phase.
The majority of juveniles are female. Once reaching sexual maturity, some individuals may enter terminal phase; these fish are always male (sometimes known as secondary males or super males) and exhibit the blue-green coloration described above. Individuals that were born as males (known as primary males) will remain males into their terminal stage. Sex changes often occur when population numbers are low, and only involve females becoming males.
Here is what the terminal stage male looks like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Stoplight-parrotfish.jpg
http://www.jungledragon.com/image/22973/stoplight_parrotfish_male.html Fall,Geotagged,Sparisoma viride,Stoplight parrotfish,Trunk Bay,U.S. Virgin Islands](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/22947_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=h6xS%2B3ymwBqrxFSen%2FNlNGjr0yM%3D)
2 Stoplight Parrotfish -
0 Mustard Hill Coral -
2 Massive Starlet Coral -
0 Vervet -
1 Heliconia Sexy Pink -
2 Brown booby (male)
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