WoRMS taxon details
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
231441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231441)
accepted
Species
Calliodon rubiginosus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838 · unaccepted
Scarus cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Scarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838 · unaccepted
Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865 · unaccepted
Scarus rubiginosus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846 · unaccepted
Sparidosoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Sparisoma (Euscarus) cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Sparisoma cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231441 on 2026-07-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
original description (of Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
original description (of Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865) Guichenot, A. (1865). Catalogue des Scaridés de la collection du Musée de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg.</em> v. 11 (= Ser. 2, v. 1): 1-75. [details]
original description (of Scarus rubiginosus 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 Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846) Cocco, A. (1846). Intorno ad uno Scaro nel Mare di Messina [Adunanza del Giorno 29 settembre 1845]. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano Settima Riunione, Napoli.</em> 1845: 748.
page(s): 748 [details]
basis of record Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]
original description (of Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
original description (of Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865) Guichenot, A. (1865). Catalogue des Scaridés de la collection du Musée de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg.</em> v. 11 (= Ser. 2, v. 1): 1-75. [details]
original description (of Scarus rubiginosus 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 Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846) Cocco, A. (1846). Intorno ad uno Scaro nel Mare di Messina [Adunanza del Giorno 29 settembre 1845]. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano Settima Riunione, Napoli.</em> 1845: 748.
page(s): 748 [details]
basis of record Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 (WoRCS)
Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | papegaaivisGriekse papegaaivis | [details] |
| English | parrotfishEuropean parrotfish | [details] |
| French | perroquet vieillardperroquet | [details] |
| German | Europäischer Papageifisch | [details] |
| Hebrew | תוכידג כרתי | [details] |
| Italian | pesce pappagallo | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σκάρος [from synonym] | [details] |
| Portuguese | veja | [details] |
| Spanish | viela colorada | [details] |
| Swedish | kretensisk papegojfisk | [details] |
| Turkish | papagan baligiiskaroz | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (38 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Calliodon rubiginosus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Scarus cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus rubiginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sparisoma cretense)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Calliodon rubiginosus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rubiginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparidosoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Euscarus cretensis RAD113321-001) (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Euscarus cretensis RAD113324-001) (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma cretense (uncertain) USNM 405180 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma cretense RAD112751-001)
To PESI (from synonym Sparisoma (Euscarus) cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Calliodon rubiginosus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Scarus cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus rubiginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sparisoma cretense)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Calliodon rubiginosus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rubiginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Sparidosoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Euscarus cretensis RAD113321-001) (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Euscarus cretensis RAD113324-001) (from synonym Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma cretense (uncertain) USNM 405180 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma cretense RAD112751-001)
To PESI (from synonym Sparisoma (Euscarus) cretense (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To ITIS
