Sparisoma aurofrenatum Redband parrotfish

Sparisoma aurofrenatumis commonly referred to as Redband parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

4593 

AphiaID:

273772 

Scientific:

Sparisoma aurofrenatum 

German:

Rotband-Papageienfisch 

English:

Redband Parrotfish 

Category:

Parrotfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Sparisoma (Genus) > aurofrenatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1840 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Guadeloupe, Suriname, 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 Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

2 - 20 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 11.02" (20cm - 28cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae, Aquatic plant, Sea weed 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Sparisoma amplum
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma atomarium
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma aurofrenatum
  Rotband-Papageienfisch
• 
  Sparisoma axillare
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma choati
  "Westafrikanischer" Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma chrysopterum
  Rotschwanz-Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma cretense
  Europäischer Papageienfisch
• 
  Sparisoma frondosum
  Agassiz-Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma griseorubrum
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma radians
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma rocha
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma rubripinne
  Gelbschwanz-Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma strigatum
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma tuiupiranga
  Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma viride
  Stoplicht-Pagageienfisch, Grüner Papageifisch, Ampel-Papageifisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-09-01 21:02:25 

Last edit:

2019-11-29 17:32:15 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Sparisoma aurofrenatum has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Sparisoma aurofrenatum in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Sparisoma aurofrenatum. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

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