Sealife guideThe redband parrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum

Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
Taxonomy
  • Common name: Redband parrotfish
  • French name: Poisson perroquet tacheté
  • Spanish name: Loro manchado
  • Scientific name: Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Family name: Scaridae
  • Order name: Perciformes
  • Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The redband parrotfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The redband parrotfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus
European parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense)
European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)
Stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride)
Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
Within the same family
Blue-barred parrotfish (Scarus ghobban)
Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)
Blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus)
Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)
Bumphead parrotfish
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Ember parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus)
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Midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus)
Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
Princess parrotfish (Scarus taeniopterus)
Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
Queen parrotfish (Scarus vetula)
Queen parrotfish
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Rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus)
Rusty parrotfish
(Scarus ferrugineus)
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(Sargocentron melanospilos)
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Klunzinger's wrasse (Thalassoma rueppellii)
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Roving coral grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus)
Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
Striped remora (Echeneis naucrates)
Striped remora
(Echeneis naucrates)

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