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title: "Yellowtail Parrotfish"
description: "Sparisoma rubripinne — Vissen. Sparisoma rubripinne, which also goes by the common names yellowtail parrotfish or redfin parrotfish is a species of parrotfish in the genus Sparisoma."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellowtail-parrotfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellowtail Parrotfish

> Sparisoma rubripinne — Vissen. Sparisoma rubripinne, which also goes by the common names yellowtail parrotfish or redfin parrotfish is a species of parrotfish in the genus Sparisoma.

- Scientific name: *Sparisoma rubripinne*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2706
- Wikidata: [Q2267189](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267189)
- iNaturalist taxon: [112864](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/112864)

## Names

- en: Yellowtail Parrotfish
- de: Gelbschwanz-Papageifisch
- es: Loro coliamarilla
- fr: Perroquet à queue jaune

## Countries with the most observations

MX (394), US (393), PR (116), BS (107), HN (93), CW (75), JM (75), VI (68), MQ (64), AW (62), BZ (60), KY (58)

## Summary

Sparisoma rubripinne, which also goes by the common names yellowtail parrotfish or redfin parrotfish is a species of parrotfish in the genus Sparisoma. It can be found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, and is primarily found in the Caribbean Sea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparisoma_rubripinne

## Photo

![Yellowtail Parrotfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellowtail-parrotfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78946139

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellowtail-parrotfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).