Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840) is a animal in the Scaridae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
Sparisoma aurofrenatum is a fish that grows to 28 cm, found in western Atlantic reefs, with juveniles in seagrass beds.
Identify with AI — OfflineThis species, Sparisoma aurofrenatum, can grow up to 28 centimeters in length.
It is distributed throughout the Caribbean Sea, and across the western Atlantic Ocean, ranging from the waters of Bermuda, Florida, and the Bahamas down to Central America and Brazil.
The species inhabits reefs at depths between 2 and 20 meters.
Juvenile individuals of this species live among seagrass beds.
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Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775
Scarus oviceps Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus dimidiatus Bleeker, 1859
Scarus quoyi Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger, 1871)
Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, 1847
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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