Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Redtail Parrotfish
Sparisoma chrysopterum
Redtail Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Sparisoma chrysopterum
Size: 14 to 16 in. (35 to 40 cm)  
Depth: 5-40 ft. (2-12 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Scarinae (Subfamily) Parrotfishes
       └Sparisomatini (Tribe)
        └Sparisoma (Genus)
         └S. chrysopterum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273774🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49929🔗

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