Sealife guideThe redband parrotfishSparisoma aurofrenatum
Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Redband parrotfish
French namesPoisson perroquet tacheté
Spanish namesLoro manchado
Scientific nameSparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
FamilyScaridae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
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
Within the same family

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Queen parrotfishScarus vetula

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Swarthy ParrotfishScarus niger
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