Sparisoma frondosum Sparisoma frondosum

Sparisoma frondosum is commonly referred to as Sparisoma frondosum. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Sparisoma frondosum
German:: Agassiz-Papageifisch
English:: Sparisoma Frondosum

Category:: Parrotfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Sparisoma (Genus) > frondosum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Agassiz, ), 1831

Occurrence:: Sint Eustatius and Saba, Aruba, Brazil, Curacao, Fernando de Noronha , Grenada, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Sea depth:: 5 - 45 Meter
Size:: up to 13.78" (35 cm)
Temperature:: 77 °F - 82.4 °F (25°C - 28°C)
Food:: Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-01-09 02:16:35
Last edit:: 2024-12-04 08:56:48

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(Agassiz, 1831)

Sparisoma frondosum, also known as the Agassiz's parrotfish, inhabit theSouthwest Atlantic and is endemic to Brazil and its oceanic islands including St. Paul's Rocks in the eastern central Atlantic. The Agassiz's parrotfish inhabits coral, algal and rocky reefs and seagrass beds.

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Sparisoma
Species: Sparisoma frondosum

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Synonym: Scarus frondosus Agassiz, 1831

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

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Fernando de Noronha Island, Brasilien

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