Parrotfish
Sparisoma cretense
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Scaridae
- Genus
- Sparisoma
Where to Find
Found in 12 diving areas across 10 countries and 3 regions.
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 10 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 28 records
- Ustica, Italy - 24 records
- Comino, Malta - 848 records
- Gozo, Malta - 848 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 848 records
- Azores, Portugal - 287 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 262 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 6 records