[1] Adult queen parrotfishes are heavy-bodied fish with fusiform (spindle-shaped) bodies and beak-like mouths, growing to a length of about 60 cm (24 in).

[3][4] The queen parrotfish is native to the tropical West Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the southern Gulf of Mexico.

[1] Queen parrotfish is a protogynous hermaphrodite[5] and are often found in small groups of four or five, consisting of one final-phase male and several first-phase individuals, probably females.

In the process, it swallows a lot of mineral particles which are deposited on the seabed as fine sand.

It is a diurnal fish, and rests on the seabed or hides in a crevice at night, immersed in a layer of mucus that it exudes and which may help to disguise it from predators.