WoRMS taxon details
Sparisoma Swainson, 1839
Escarus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Euscarus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 · unaccepted
Sparidosoma · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Subgenus Sparisoma (Euscarus)
- Species Sparisoma (Euscarus) cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sparisoma amplum (Ranzani, 1841)
- Species Sparisoma atomarium (Poey, 1861)
- Species Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878)
- Species Sparisoma choati Rocha, Brito & Robertson, 2012
- Species Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sparisoma frondosum (Agassiz, 1831)
- Species Sparisoma griseorubrum Cervigón, 1982
- Species Sparisoma radians (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Sparisoma rocha Pinheiro, Gasparini & Sazima, 2010
- Species Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Sparisoma strigatum (Günther, 1862)
- Species Sparisoma tuiupiranga Gasparini, Joyeux & Floeter, 2003
- Species Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788)
- Species Sparisoma abildgaardi (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Sparisoma albigaardi (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) (misspelling)
- Species Sparisoma brachiale (Poey, 1861) accepted as Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Sparisoma chrysopterus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
- Species Sparisoma cretensis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sparisoma distinctum (Poey, 1861) accepted as Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Sparisoma flavescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Sparisoma griseorubra Cervigón, 1982 accepted as Sparisoma griseorubrum Cervigón, 1982 (misspelling)
- Species Sparisoma hoplomystax (Cope, 1871) accepted as Sparisoma radians (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Sparisoma pachycephalum Longley, 1941 accepted as Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Sparisoma rhomaleum Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 accepted as Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Species Sparisoma rubripinnis (Valenciennes, 1840) accepted as Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840) (misspelling)
- Species Sparisoma spinidens (Guichenot, 1865) accepted as Scarus spinidens Guichenot, 1865 accepted as Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878)
- Species Sparisoma squalidum (Poey, 1860) accepted as Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Species Sparisoma strigatus (Günther, 1862) accepted as Sparisoma strigatum (Günther, 1862)
- Species Sparisoma trispinosus (Valenciennes, 1840) accepted as Scarus trispinosus Valenciennes, 1840
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sparisoma Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126051 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
