WoRMS taxon details

Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)

231441  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231441)

accepted
Species
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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231441 on 2025-07-16
Date
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2006-05-24 14:10:59Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2013-01-08 11:20:45Z
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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [request]

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 
   

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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]