Redtail parrotfish
📖 Overview
Occurs in coral reefs and adjacent habitats, the young especially in seagrass beds. Juveniles or primary-phase adults rapidly assume a mottled pattern with which they blend with the substratum when they come to rest on the bottom. Feeds on benthic algae and seagrasses.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Young adults with black saddle-shaped markings at upper end of pectoral fin base; often vague, pale saddle-shaped area on top of caudal peduncle; and dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins red or orange .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Redtail parrotfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Although protogyny was propossed for this species , probably because testicular characteristics showed a secondary characteristic of sex-changed males, observations of overlapping size ranges of males and females, and males maturing at the same ages and sizes as did females, strongly suggest gonochorism .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 15 m . Tropical; 28°N - 4°N, 89°W - 51°W
🌿 Ecology
benthic algae and seagrasses
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blisterside · Blue Black-finned Chub · Blue Parrotfish · Kwab · Pink Kwab · Pink Parrot · Redtail parrotfish |
| 🇫🇷French | Perroquet vert |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Munaten-budai |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Budião · Budião-batata · Budião-papagaio · Budião-sabonete · Budião-tucano · Budião-verde · Budião-vermelho · Gudião · Papagaio |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Jabón · Loro · Loro Azul · Vieja Colorada · loro colirrojo · loro verde |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarus brachialis | Poey | 1861 | Synonym |
| Scarus chloris | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Scarus chrysopoma | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Scarus chrysopterus | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Scarus flavescens | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Scarus lateralis | Poey | 1860 | Synonym |
| Scarus maschalespilos | Bleeker | 1862 | Synonym |
| Scarus squalidus | Poey | 1860 | Synonym |
| Scarus virens | Valenciennes | 1840 | Synonym |
| Sparisoma abildgaardi | Bloch | 1791 | Synonym |
| Sparisoma brachiale | Poey | 1861 | Synonym |
| Sparisoma elongatum | Meek & Hildebrand | 1928 | Synonym |
| Sparisoma flavescens | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Sparisoma lorito | Jordan & Swain | 1884 | Synonym |
| Sparisoma squalidum | Poey | 1860 | Synonym |
| Sparus abildgaardi | Bloch | 1791 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 94 records indexed .
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