Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Bucktooth Parrotfish
Sparisoma radians
Bucktooth Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Sparisoma radians
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 3-35 ft. (1-12 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of America, Bermuda, Brazil
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Scarinae (Subfamily) Parrotfishes
       └Sparisomatini (Tribe)
        └Sparisoma (Genus)
         └S. radians (Species)

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