ADW: Sparisoma: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Scaridae (Parrotfishes)
        
        Genus Sparisoma
        
        Species Sparisoma amplum (Reef parrotfish)
        
        Species Sparisoma atomarium (Greenblotch Parrotfish)
        
        Species Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Black parrot)
        
        Species Sparisoma axillare (Gray parrotfish)
        
        Species Sparisoma chrysopterum (Blisterside)
        
        Species Sparisoma cretense (Parrotfish)
        
        Species Sparisoma frondosum (Agassiz's parrotfish)
        
        Species Sparisoma griseorubrum
        
        Species Sparisoma radians (Bucktooth Parrotfish)
        
        Species Sparisoma rubripinne (Red fin parrot fish)
        
        Species Sparisoma strigatum (Strigate parrotfish)
        
        Species Sparisoma tuiupiranga
        
        Species Sparisoma viride (Dark green parrotfish)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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