FB-66393 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66393 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Pseudochromidae Pseudochromis Pseudochromis fuligifinis Gill & Williams, 2011 West-African Parrotfish Scarus squalidus (non Poey, 1860) Sparisoma flavescens (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Sparisoma rubripinne (non Valenciennes, 1840) Sparisoma rubripinnis (non Valenciennes, 1840) 2012-01-03 2024-03-18 Schneider, W.0 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) Fowler, H.W.0 The marine fishes of West Africa based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1905-1915. Part I. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 70(1):1-605. (Ref. 3016) Randall, J.E.0 Scaridae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. 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(Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-66403 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2012-01-06 18:26:38 2024-03-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66403 Occurs in rocky reefs at 2-30 m depths, where it grazes on algae growing over rocky or calcareous substrate (Ref. 88982) and seagrasses (Ref. 7360). Males usually solitary, but females are often seen in pairs or small groups, juveniles in loose aggregations of up to 10 individuals (Ref. 88982). Rocha, L.A., A. Brito and D.R. Robertson 2012 <i>Sparisoma choati</i>, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic. Zootaxa 3152:61-67. (Ref. 88982) FB-DiagnosticDescr-66403 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2012-01-06 00:00:00 2012-01-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66403 This species is distinguished from all of its congeners by the following set of characters: D IX,10; A III,9; pectoral rays 12-13 (rarely 13); pelvic rays I,5; lateral line scales 23-26; gill rakers on first arch 11 to 14; Initial phase of individuals and females greyish brown to greyish red, with chin and belly paler and reddish brown scales irregularly distributed singly or in clusters along flanks; pectoral fin translucent red with a dark red to black spot on upper fourth of its base. Terminal phase of individuals with brownish red head and upper half of anterior two-thirds of body; ventral portion of central third of body yellowish green; posterior third of body dark greenish grey; black spot on upper fifth of pectoral fin base (Ref. 88982). Rocha, L.A., A. Brito and D.R. Robertson 2012 <i>Sparisoma choati</i>, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic. Zootaxa 3152:61-67. (Ref. 88982) FB-Morphology-66403 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2012-01-06 00:00:00 2012-01-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66403 Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 Rocha, L.A., A. Brito and D.R. Robertson 2012 <i>Sparisoma choati</i>, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic. Zootaxa 3152:61-67. (Ref. 88982) FB-Distribution-66403 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2012-01-06 18:52:29 2015-10-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66403 Eastern Atlantic: from Cape Verde islands and Senegal south to the offshore islands of the Gulf of Guinea and northern Angola. Rocha, L.A., A. Brito and D.R. Robertson 2012 <i>Sparisoma choati</i>, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic. Zootaxa 3152:61-67. (Ref. 88982) FB-Size-66403 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2012-01-06 18:26:38 2024-03-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66403 31.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 88982)) Rocha, L.A., A. Brito and D.R. Robertson 2012 <i>Sparisoma choati</i>, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic. Zootaxa 3152:61-67. (Ref. 88982) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-66403 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2012-01-06 18:26:38 2024-03-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=66403 reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 30 m (Ref. 88982) Rocha, L.A., A. Brito and D.R. Robertson 2012 <i>Sparisoma choati</i>, a new species of Parrotfish (Labridae: Scarinae) from the tropical eastern Atlantic. Zootaxa 3152:61-67. (Ref. 88982)