Sparisoma sp.

Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Santos, Bruna S., Semedo, Thiago B. F., Garcia, Lucas Canes & Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, 2023, The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens, Zootaxa 5391 (1), pp. 1-85 : 52

Sparisoma sp.

Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO.0000006 ( Fig. 38 ).

Classification on the specimen: “P. Th. Labrus variegatus ”.

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): “Bodiam verde”/ “Juruucapeba”.

Comments: This specimen has a later reidentification below the original name as “ Scarus rivulatus ”. The original genus Labrus has been crossed out, and to the right of the specific name there is a pencil inscription “[unreadable] = Scarus ]. The areas where the names “ Labrus variegatus ”, the specific name “ rivulatus ” and the pencil inscriptions are written, are less stained than the remaining herbarium sheet. This suggests that small rectangular pieces of paper were glued over these names at some point, possibly with alternative classification. The species name probably refers to Labrus variegatus Gmelin 1789 (= Labrus mixtus Linnaeus 1758 ) a labrid from the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic. While this specimen is a Sparisoma species, we are unable to confidently identify the species due to the lack of preserved important characters such as body coloration and gill rakers count. The Ajuda’s inventory ( Ferreira 1794) lists a total of 112 herborized specimens of Labrus , but none is listed in transference to the University of Coimbra. The transference list to the Lisbon Academy of Sciences mentions two specimens of Labrus variegatus , which are missing. Veloso briefly described Labrus variegatus in the Ichthyologia Fluminensis manuscript but didn’t include common names.

Order Perciformes

Figures

FIGURE 38. Sparisoma sp., MCUC ZOO.0000006, 340 mm SL. Photo by Luis M. P. Ceríaco.