Sparisoma cretense
creator: Vandepitte, Leen
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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 2026-08-29
created: 2006-05-24T16:10:59Z
modified: 2013-01-08T12:20:45Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Teleostei
family: Labridae
genus: Sparisoma
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Cocco, A. (1846). Intorno ad uno Scaro nel Mare di Messina [Adunanza del Giorno 29 settembre 1845]. Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano Settima Riunione, Napoli. 1845: 748.
name published in: Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris. v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420.
name published in: Guichenot, A. (1865). Catalogue des Scaridés de la collection du Musée de Paris. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg. v. 11 (= Ser. 2, v. 1): 1-75.
name published in: 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.
name published in: 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. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200.
name published in: Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris. v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls.
name published in year: 1846
name published in year: 1840
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1838
name published in year: 1837-1844
order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 126051
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: cretense
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted