Species · Redtail Parrotfish

Images

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Classification

Rank

SPECIES

Domain

ANIMAL

Scientific name

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Also known as

Norwegian

Sparisoma chrysopterum

German

Rotschwanz-Papageifisch

Swedish

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Russian

Красная лора

Portuguese

Gudião

Korean

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Italian

Pesce pappagallo coda rossa

French

Perroquet à queue rouge

Spanish

loro verde

Chinese

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Arabic

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Japanese

ムナテンブダイ

Polish

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Danish

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Dutch

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Turkish

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Taxonomy

• Phylum Kiefermäuler
• Phylum Osteichthyes
• Class Actinopterygii
• Class Actinopteri
• Class Teleostei
• Order Eupercaria incertae sedis
• Family Labridae
• Family Scarinae
• Family Sparisomatini
• Genus Sparisoma
• Species Redtail Parrotfish

Description

species of fish

Fact sheet

Conservation status

Least Concern IUCN Red List

Danger to humans

potentially dangerous

reports of ciguatera poisoning

Length

25.0 – 46.0 cm

Visibility

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External sources

• Wikipedia Editor-curated species articles, typically with photos, habitat and distribution
• Wikidata Structured knowledge base — source of Q-IDs, images, range maps and traits
• iNaturalist Citizen-science platform with worldwide sightings, taxonomy and common names
• WoRMS World Register of Marine Species — authoritative taxonomy for marine organisms
• FishBase Global database for fishes only — size, biology, occurrence
• IUCN Red List List of globally threatened animal and plant species published by the IUCN