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Related FAQs: Parrotfishes,
Other Genera
Coverage: Chlorurus, Scarus,
/The Conscientious Marine
Aquarist
Parrotfishes of
the Genus Sparisoma
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| Bob Fenner |
Sparisoma atomarium Juv.
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Genus Sparisoma: Eight species.
| Sparisoma atomarium (Poey 1861), the
Greenblotch Parrotfish. To ten inches in length. Tropical West
Atlantic. Some initial phase pix taken in the seagrass beds in
about twenty feet of water off of Cozumel. Below, juvenile in
Jamaica, juvenile, initial and terminal phase individuals off St.
Thomas. |
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| Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes 1840),
the Redband Parrotfish. Western Atlantic; Bermudas to Brazil. To
eleven inches in length. An occasional pet-fish import. Does as
well as any other Parrotfish... i.e. not well in captivity. Shown
below: 1st row: Juveniles in Jamaica second row: juvenile, Third
row: initial (and mottled one from Cozumel) from Cozumel and
Bonaire and a terminal phase individuals from the
Bahamas. |
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| Sparisoma radians (Valenciennes 1940), the
Bucktooth Parrotfish. Tropical West Atlantic. Turks and
Caicos. |
| Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre 1798), the
Spotlight Parrotfish. Tropical West Atlantic; Florida to Brazil. To
twenty five inches maximum length. Pictured below, juvenile in
Bonaire, initial and terminal phase specimens in the
Bahamas. |
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