Sparisoma chrysopterum

Sparisoma chrysopterum
Male specimen, terminal colour phase
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Sparisoma
Species:
S. chrysopterum
Binomial name
Sparisoma chrysopterum
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Scarus chrysopterus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Sparus abildgaardi Bloch, 1791
  • Sparisoma abildgaardi (Bloch, 1791)
  • Scarus flavescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Sparisoma flavescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  • Scarus squalidus Poey, 1860
  • Sparisoma squalidum (Poey, 1860)
  • Scarus brachialis Poey, 1861
  • Sparisoma brachiale (Poey, 1861)

Sparisoma chrysopterum (common names: redtail parrotfish, blue parrotfish, kwab, pink kwab, pink parrot, blisterside, and blue black-finned chub) is a species of parrotfish.

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