Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Stoplight Parrotfish
Sparisoma viride
Stoplight Parrotfish
Category: Parrotfishes
Scientific Name: Sparisoma viride
Size: 1 to 2 ft. (30 to 60 cm)  
Depth: 15-80 ft. (5-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America
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. viride (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273780🔗
iNaturalist ID: 112867🔗

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