WoRMS taxon details
Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840)
159301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159301)
accepted
Species
Sacrus brachyvarius Longley, 1941 · unaccepted
Scarus brachyvarius Longley, 1941 · unaccepted
Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus truncatus Poey, 1868 · unaccepted
Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941 · unaccepted
Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 · unaccepted
Sparisoma rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Río de Janeiro, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea but absent in the...
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Río de Janeiro, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea but absent in the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159301 on 2025-05-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Meek. (1928). The marine fishes of Panama. Part III. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 249): xxv-xxxi + 709-1045, Pls. 72-102. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
original description (of Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) Meek. (1928). The marine fishes of Panama. Part III. <em>Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series.</em> 15 (publ. 249): xxv-xxxi + 709-1045, Pls. 72-102. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Río de Janeiro, Brazil; throughout the Caribbean Sea but absent in the Gulf of Mexico [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | yellowtail parrotfishredfin parrotfish | [details] |
| Spanish | loro coliamarilla | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus brachyvarius Longley, 1941)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scarus truncatus Poey, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sparisoma rubripinne)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus brachyvarius Longley, 1941)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus truncatus Poey, 1868)
To FishBase images (Sparisoma rubripinne, Bahamas, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma pachycephalum RAD113335-001) (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma pachycephalum RAD113335-001) (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rhomaleum RAD112790-001) (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rhomaleum RAD112791-001) (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rubripinne RAD113342-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rubripinne RAD113343-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus brachyvarius Longley, 1941)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scarus truncatus Poey, 1868)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sparisoma rubripinne)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus brachyvarius Longley, 1941)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus truncatus Poey, 1868)
To FishBase images (Sparisoma rubripinne, Bahamas, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Scarus rubripinnis Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma pachycephalum RAD113335-001) (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma pachycephalum RAD113335-001) (from synonym Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rhomaleum RAD112790-001) (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rhomaleum RAD112791-001) (from synonym Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rubripinne RAD113342-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma rubripinne RAD113343-001)
To ITIS
