redtail parrotfish

Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Chordata › Perciformes › Scaridae

Records by month at ReefSeason sites

Monthly counts appear only where the species made a site's top 25 for that month, so treat them as a lower bound.

Jan
0

Feb
1

Mar
0

Apr
5

May
67

Jun
296

Jul
301

Aug
524

Sep
310

Oct
74

Nov
57

Dec
5

Where it's recorded

Davis Reef (183 records)
Conch Reef (172 records)
Carysfort Reef (163 records)
Western Sambo (153 records)
Molasses Reef (137 records)
Looe Key (119 records)
Tennessee Reef (118 records)
Key Largo Dry Rocks (Christ of the Abyss) (100 records)
Alligator Reef (99 records)
Pickles Reef (82 records)
Sombrero Key (81 records)
Cheeca Rocks (78 records)
French Reef (72 records)
Sand Key (36 records)
Blue Heron Bridge (Phil Foster Park) (29 records)
USCGC Bibb wreck (16 records)
Neptune Memorial Reef (6 records)

Taxonomy and names: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Occurrence data: GBIF.org, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records only. See each site page for dataset citations. No photo yet: we only show images with a verified open license.