Parrot seaperch

Parrot seaperch
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Callanthiidae
Genus: Callanthias
Species:
C. ruber
Binomial name
Callanthias ruber
(Rafinesque, 1810)
Synonyms
  • Lepimphis ruber Rafinesque, 1810
  • Bodianus peloritanus Cocco, 1829
  • Callanthias peloritanus (Cocco, 1829)
  • Anthias buphthalmos Bonaparte, 1833
  • Callanthias paradisaeus Lowe, 1839

The parrot seaperch (Callanthias ruber), also known as the bird of paradise fish or Eastern Atlantic groppo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Callanthiidae, the splendid perches and groppos. This fish is found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.