Sparisoma viride Dark Green Parrotfish, Moontail, Parrot Chub, Redbelly, Stoplight Parrotfish

Sparisoma viride is commonly referred to as Dark Green Parrotfish, Moontail, Parrot Chub, Redbelly, Stoplight Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 5000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Sparisoma viride
German:: Stoplicht-Pagageienfisch, Grüner Papageifisch, Ampel-Papageifisch
English:: Dark Green Parrotfish, Moontail, Parrot Chub, Redbelly, Stoplight Parrotfish

Category:: Papegojfiskar

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Sparisoma (Genus) > viride (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bonnaterre, ), 1788

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Suriname, Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 50 Meter
Size:: 14.96" - 25.2" (38cm - 64cm)
Weight:: 1.6 kg
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
Tank:: 1099.89 gal (~ 5000L)
Difficulty:: 5 - Svår
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-07-29 11:51:12
Last edit:: 2018-02-25 15:25:03

Info

(Bonnaterre, 1788)
Inhabits coral reefs with clear water

Feeds upon algae covered rock and coral branches/mounds.

Young adults and females with scales outlined in darker gray; often bright red below. Super males green, with bright yellow spot at upper edge of gill cover, yellow bar at base of tail, curved orange-yellow mark on caudal fin rays
Best left in the wild

Reports of ciguatera poisoning exist.

Synonyms:
Scarus catesby Lacepede, 1802
Scarus coccineus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Scarus melanotis Bleeker, 1862
Scarus viridis Bonnaterre, 1788
Sparisoma albigaardi (Bloch, 1791)
Sparus aureoruber Lacepede, 1802
Sparus catesby Lacepede, 1802

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Scaridae (Family) > Sparisomatinae (Subfamily) > Sparisoma (Genus) > Sparisoma viride (Species)