''Sparisoma rocha'' or ''Trindade parrotfish'' is a species of

parrotfish Parrotfish (named for their mouths, which resemble a parrot's beak) are a clade of fish placed in the tribe Scarini of the wrasse family (Labridae). Traditionally treated as their own family (Scaridae), genetic studies have found them to be dee ...

endemic to the islands of

Trindade and Martin Vaz Trindade and Martim Vaz (, ) is an archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean about east off the coast of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, of which it forms a part. The archipelago has a total area of and a navy-supported research ...

in southeastern

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. The species can be distinguished from its congeners easily by its coloration. ''S. rocha'' is a herbivore, grazing on algae that grows on rocks or coralline substrate.

Etymology

It was named after

Luiz A. Rocha Luiz Alves Rocha is the Curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California Santa Cruz and San Francisco State Unive ...

to honor his contributions to ichthyology.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6409392 Sparisoma Marine fish of Brazil Taxa named by Hudson T. Pinheiro Taxa named by João Luiz Rosetti Gasparini Fish described in 2010