This parrotfish is hard to see and often camera shy, luckily it stayed in position for the photo

Parrotfish come in many colors as they mature, but this adult stage is the coolest coloring of them all. It is multicolored and shines irridescent as the light hits it, for this reason still images don’t fully show the color. A distinguishing feature of the palenose parrotfish is the little yellow blotch at the base [...]

This coloring is the initial adult phase of this parrotfish. The fully adult males are a nice bluish iridescent color. Most parrotfish are camera shy, you have to catch them off guard of chase them down for the shot. Taken at Olowalu.