Sparisoma chrysopterum

Sparisoma chrysopterum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Scaridae
Genus: Sparisoma
Species: Sparisoma chrysopterum

Name

Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Holotype: ZMB 7049.

Type locality: Tropical western Atlantic.

Synonyms

• Sparus abildgaardi Bloch, 1791 [placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by ICZN (2000: 58), suppressed for the purposes of the Principle of Priority, but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy] [source: ICZN (2000: 58)]
• Scarus chrysopterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by ICZN (2000: 58)] [source: ICZN (2000: 58)]
• Scarus flavescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Scarus squalidus Poey, 1860
• Scarus brachialis Poey, 1861

References

cited sources

• ICZN 2000: OPINION 1945. Scarus chrysopterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (currently Sparisoma chrysopterum; Osteichthyes, Perciformes): specific name conserved and designated as the type species of Sparisoma Swainson, 1839. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 57: 58–59. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor

Additional references

• Bloch, M.E. & J.G. Schneider 1801: M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.: i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
• Bellwood, D.R. 2001: Family Scaridae. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001. Species identification guide for fishery purposes. Bony fishes part 4. 6: 3468–3492, Pls. VI-XIV.
• Sparisoma chrysopterum in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Redtail Parrotfish