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Stoplight Parrotfish

Sparisoma viride

Patch reefs; Reef ridges separated by sandy channels; Continuous reef habitat

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Stoplight Parrotfish

Photo: (c) Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY · Source and license. Displayed as a resized crop. Photograph illustrates the species.

Habitat in featured records
Patch reefs; Reef ridges separated by sandy channels; Continuous reef habitat
Depths in featured records
3.2–14.6 m
Viewing activities
Scuba diving · Snorkeling

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These dated records show past presence. They do not establish today’s abundance, guarantee a sighting, or describe the species’ entire range.

Florida Keys

Recorded here

3,474 OBIS records in the regional query · snapshot 2026-09-12.

Depths in retrieved records
3.2–14.6 m
Habitat in retrieved records
Patch reefs; Reef ridges separated by sandy channels; Continuous reef habitat
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View example source records
  • OBIS · 2018-09-10Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2018 · NOAA FKNMS · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
  • OBIS · 2018-06-26Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2018 · NOAA FKNMS · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
  • OBIS · 2016-11-09Florida Keys Reef Visual Census 2016 · NOAA FKNMS · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode