Bumphead parrot fish declare their arrival with a crunch

Fish’s coral crushing raises conservation dilemma

BIG BUMPS  Distinctive patterns on the foreheads of bumphead parrot fish let researchers identify individuals.

The sound of the world’s largest parrot fish swimming toward him, says Douglas McCauley, is not some watery swish, swish. It’s crunch, crunch. “You can hear a school of them before you see it,” he says.