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Sparisoma (Parrotfish)

Synonyms: Callyodontichthys; Escarus; Euscarus; Scarus; Sparidosoma

Wikipedia Abstract

Sparisoma is a genus of parrotfishes native to warmer parts of the Atlantic. FishBase recognizes 15 species in this genus, including S. rocha described from Trindade Island in 2010 and S. choati described from the East Atlantic in 2012. They are the main grazers of algae in the Caribbean since sea urchins, the former main grazers, experienced a mass extinction and were supplanted by the parrotfishes. The name was proposed by William John Swainson as a subgenus of Scarus. Sparus in Latin is a golden-headed fish, and soma means "body". The common spelling Sparisomus is incorrect.
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Species

Sparisoma amplum (Reef parrotfish)
Sparisoma atomarium (Sammy johnson)
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Black parrot)
Sparisoma axillare (Gray parrotfish)
Sparisoma choati (West-African Parrotfish)
Sparisoma chrysopterum (Redtail parrotfish)
Sparisoma cretense (Parrotfish)
Sparisoma frondosum (Agassiz's parrotfish)
Sparisoma griseorubrum (Grey Parrotfish)
Sparisoma radians (Sleep on grass)
Sparisoma rocha (Trindade parrotfish)
Sparisoma rubripinne (Yellowtail parrotfish)
Sparisoma strigatum (Strigate parrotfish)
Sparisoma tuiupiranga
Sparisoma viride (Stoplight parrotfish)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0