Hawaiian
Reef Fish #2
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Warm hawaiian waters are home to some of the most
colorful and vibrant fishes. The parrotfish or uhu in Hawaiian
have mouths shaped like beaks they scrape algae from the coral,
biting off chunks of living coral, ingesting it internally by grinding
it and excreting it as sand. Much of the world's coral sand is
produced by parrotfish. Their beautiful blue-green, and blue-orange
colors are an inspiration for me to paint them.
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