Sparisoma cretense

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Labroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Scaridae
Genus: Sparisoma
Species: Sparisoma cretense

Name[edit]

Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Holotype: No types known
- Type locality: Crete and vicinity, Mediterranean Sea
- Original combination: Labrus cretensis

Synonyms[edit]

Calliodon rubiginosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840)
Euscarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scarus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838
Scarus cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scarus mutabilis Lowe, 1838
Scarus rubiginoides Guichenot, 1865
Scarus rubiginosus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus siculus Cocco, 1846
Sparidosoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sparisoma cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 282. Reference page.
Bellwood, D.R. 2001: Family Scaridae. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001. Species identification guide for fishery purposes. Bony fishes part 4. 6: 3468–3492, Pls. VI-XIV.
Sparisoma cretense in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Sparisoma cretense in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names[edit]

català: Sparisoma cretense
Deutsch: Europäischer Papageifisch
Ελληνικά: Σκάρος
English: Mediterranean parrotfish
español: Vieja colorada
italiano: Pesce pappagallo del Mediterraneo, scaro
polski: Sparysoma kreteńska
português: Peixe-papagaio-europeu
Türkçe: İskaroz
中文: 異齒鸚鯛

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