WoRMS taxon details
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
273772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273772)
accepted
Species
Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861 · unaccepted
Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scarus aurofrenatus 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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273772 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scarus aurofrenatus 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]
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 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]
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]





To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 134 proteins)
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma aurofrenatum RAD112776-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma aurofrenatum RAD112776-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma distinctum RAD112775-001) (from synonym Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus distinctus Poey, 1861)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 134 proteins)
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 134 proteins) (from synonym Scarus aurofrenatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma aurofrenatum RAD112776-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma aurofrenatum RAD112776-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sparisoma distinctum RAD112775-001) (from synonym Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861))
To ITIS
Unreviewed