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Grecian Parrotfish

Sparisoma cretense

Also known as: Marzipan, Mediterranean Parrotfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2012
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
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@JarJar · GR, Greece · April 20141 / 4

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles look quite different from adults: pale grey with pink and yellow glints and big yellow eyes, or mottled with a yellowish head when very small. They take on broad horizontal stripes when stressed, and turn up in seagrass more widely than adults do.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotchespatches
Behaviour
sleeps in mucus cocoon

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
  • Country only · 4
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 4

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    ALL STAGES
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    Taxonomy

    1. familyScaridae
    2. genusSparisoma
    3. speciesSparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)

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