Sparisoma tuiupiranga
Sparisoma tuiupiranga is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae.[2] It has a single midventral scale posterior to the insertion of the pelvic fins. Its distribution extends from 18°S to 27°S in the western Atlantic. This species is found in shallow areas of tropical rocky reefs. The males establish territories of approximately eight square metres. The juveniles have a strong association with seaweed beds where they occasionally mix with Sparisoma radians and Cryptotomus roseus. It grazes on a wide variety of algae growing on rocks and so ingests a large amount of sediment. It can be adaptable in its feeding habits and is frequently seen feeding over Sargassum.[3]
| Sparisoma tuiupiranga | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Sparisoma |
| Species: | S. tuiupiranga |
| Binomial name | |
| Sparisoma tuiupiranga Gasparini, Joyeux & Floeter, 2003 | |
References
- Ferreira, C.E. & Floeter, S. (2012). "Sparisoma tuiupiranga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190770A17779108. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190770A17779108.en. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- Gasparini, Joao Luiz; Jean-Christophe Joyeaux; Sergio R. Floeter (2003). "Sparisoma tuiupiranga, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes: Labroidei: Scaridae) from Brazil, with comments on the evolution of the genus" (PDF). Zootaxa. 384: 1–14. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Sparisoma tuiupiranga" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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