Sparisoma choati West-African Parrotfish

Sparisoma choati is commonly referred to as West-African Parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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Scientific:: Sparisoma choati
German:: "Westafrikanischer" Papageifisch
English:: West-African Parrotfish

Category:: Papegøjefisk

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Sparisoma (Genus) > choati (Species)
Initial determination:: Rocha, Brito & Robertson, 2012

Occurrence:: Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, East-Atlantic Ocean, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, West Africa
Sea depth:: 2 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 12.36" (31.4 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Sea weed
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-10-25 21:09:04
Last edit:: 2019-12-15 19:52:01

Info

Rocha, Brito & Robertson, 2012

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: from Cape Verde islands and Senegal south to the offshore islands of the Gulf of Guinea and northern Angola.

Biology
Occurs in rocky reefs at 2-30 m depths, where it grazes on algae growing over rocky or calcareous substrate and seagrasses.
Males usually solitary, but females are often seen in pairs or small groups, juveniles in loose aggregations of up to 10 individuals.

Synonymised taxa:
Scarus squalidus
Sparisoma flavescens
Sparisoma rubripinne
Sparisoma rubripinnis

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Sparisoma choati, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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