Sparisoma rubripinne Redfin Parrotfish, Roughscale Kwob, Roughscale Parrot, Yellowtail Parrotfish

Sparisoma rubripinneis commonly referred to as Redfin Parrotfish, Roughscale Kwob, Roughscale Parrot, Yellowtail Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

7219 

AphiaID:

159301 

Scientific:

Sparisoma rubripinne 

German:

Gelbschwanz-Papageifisch 

English:

Redfin Parrotfish, Roughscale Kwob, Roughscale Parrot, Yellowtail Parrotfish 

Category:

Parrotfishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1840 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Suriname, Gambia, Benin, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Central Atlantic, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South America, The Bahamas, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Netherlands Antilles, Tonga, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 15 Meter 

Size:

up to 18.9" (48 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae, Aquatic plant 

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)  

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  Sparisoma griseorubrum
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  Sparisoma radians
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  Sparisoma rocha
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  Sparisoma rubripinne
  Gelbschwanz-Papageifisch
• 
  Sparisoma strigatum
  Papageifisch
• 
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-06-14 10:17:46 

Last edit:

2014-06-14 10:17:46 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Sparisoma rubripinne 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 rubripinne in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Sparisoma rubripinne. 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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