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)
(Sparisoma cretense)

Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
(Sparisoma viride)
Within the same family

Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)
(Scarus ghobban)

Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
(Scarus coeruleus)

Bumphead parrotfish
(Bolbometopon muricatum)
(Bolbometopon muricatum)

Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
(Scarus coelestinus)

Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
(Scarus taeniopterus)

Queen parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
(Scarus vetula)

Rusty parrotfish
(Scarus ferrugineus)
(Scarus ferrugineus)
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Blackspot squirrelfish
(Sargocentron melanospilos)
(Sargocentron melanospilos)

Eightband butterflyfish
(Chaetodon octofasciatus)
(Chaetodon octofasciatus)

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(Thalassoma rueppellii)
(Thalassoma rueppellii)

Longnose hawkfish
(Oxycirrhites typus)
(Oxycirrhites typus)

Mexican hogfish
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
(Bodianus diplotaenia)

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(Naso lituratus)
(Naso lituratus)

Roving coral grouper
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)
(Plectropomus pessuliferus)

Striped remora
(Echeneis naucrates)
(Echeneis naucrates)
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