Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Greenback Parrotfish (Scarus trispinosus), recorded as Endangered
Greenback Parrotfish (Scarus trispinosus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Greenback Parrotfish

Scarus trispinosus

Greenback Parrotfish is a mólmol.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Scarus trispinosus
Recorded from
Brazil
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Scaridae · Scarus

The ray-finned fish

It was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840.

Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.

Range and habitat

Greenback Parrotfish is recorded from Brazil.

GBIF currently lists 3,793 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Greenback Parrotfish is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the Cebuano Wikipedia article on Scarus trispinosus, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q2843760 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Greenback Parrotfish?
Greenback Parrotfish is a mólmol.
What is the conservation status of Greenback Parrotfish?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Scarus trispinosus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Greenback Parrotfish live?
Greenback Parrotfish is a mólmol.
Why is Greenback Parrotfish in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Scarus trispinosus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Greenback Parrotfish a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.