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Sparisoma aurofrenatum Redband Parrotfish

Sparisoma aurofrenatum is commonly referred to as Redband Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: toxic.


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lexID:
4593 
AphiaID:
273772 
Scientific:
Sparisoma aurofrenatum 
German:
Rotband-Papageienfisch 
English:
Redband Parrotfish 
Category:
Papegøyefisk 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Sparisoma (Genus) > aurofrenatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Valenciennes, ), 1840 
Occurrence:
Suriname, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
2 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
7.87" - 11.02" (20cm - 28cm) 
Temperature:
26,3 °F - 28,2 °F (26,3°C - 28,2°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Sea weed 
Difficulty:
suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-27 10:24:02 

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Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)

Distribution:
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), and Bahamas to Central America and Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea.

Inhabits coral reefs, young usually in adjacent seagrass beds. Often rests on the bottom. Feeds on plants. Solitary or in small groups.
A protogynous hermaphrodite.

fishbase: Reports of ciguatera poisoning.

Synonymised names
Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861 · unaccepted
Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861) · unaccepted

External links

  1. FishBase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. RLS (en). Abgerufen am 23.07.2025.

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Terminal phase


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