parrot-fish

Then, when maybe they have caught schnapper, red bream and parrot-fish, they drift among the turtle, and the sport begins.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

The grey mullet feeds on mud, the dascyllus on mud and offal, the scarus or parrot-fish and the melanurus on sea-weed, the saupe on offal and sea-weed; the saupe feeds also on zostera, and is the only fish that is captured with a gourd.

The History of Animals 2002

For in some cases the stomach is gut-shaped, as with the scarus, or parrot-fish; which fish, by the way, appears to be the only fish that chews the cud.

The History of Animals 2002

A shoal of scarlet and green parrot-fish pursue a tribe striped with blue and orange.

Through the Malay Archipelago Emily Richings

On the first haul we caught about four bucketsful of rays, parrot-fish, snappers, groupers, red and white mullet, John-dories, some crabs and two electric eels.

A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

Jas. made an O of his tiny mouth, which, with the two teeth in the middle of it, now made him look like an enormous parrot-fish.

More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

Jas. made an O of his tiny mouth, which, with the two teeth in the middle of it, now made him look like an enormous parrot-fish.

More Work for the Undertaker Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1949

It was just a common atoll about four miles round, with a few trees growing and a spring in one place, and the lagoon full of parrot-fish.

The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories 1906

I was a bit anxious about his feed, so I gave him a lump of raw parrot-fish at once.

The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories 1906

The parrot-fish are especially splendid in spangling radiancy, their tails and a spine in their mouths giving them their name.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900