MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERMS taxon details

Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

231441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231441)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sparisoma Swainson, 1839

Original name

Labrus cretensis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Sparisoma (Euscarus) cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=231441 on 2025-10-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231441 on 2025-10-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-05-24 14:10:59Z

created

Vandepitte, Leen

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-01-08 11:20:45Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (WoRCS) Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. Fishes. 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gallagher, L.; Porteiro, F.; Dâmaso, C. (2006). Guia do consumidor dos peixes Açoreanos [Consumer's guide to Azorean fish]. Universidade dos Açores: Açores. ISBN 972-8612-27-3. 51, pictures pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. Fishes. 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	papegaaivis	[details]
English	parrotfish	[details]
French	perroquet	[details]
Italian	pesce pappagallo	[details]
Portuguese	veja	[details]
Spanish	viela colorada	[details]
Swedish	kretensisk papegojfisk	[details]