Postautor: tolek666 » śr, 31 sierpnia 2011, 22:29
Wygląda na to ,że ten rodzaj tak .
The one parrotfish present in the Mediterranean, Sparisoma (formerly Euscarus) cretensis, occurs throughout the eastern basin and all along the southern parts, but is rarely marketed except in Morocco, Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece; its range also includes the E. Atlantic from Portugal and the Azores south to Senegal. It is esteemed as a table fish, but not as much as in classical times, when Roman epicures thought so much of it that the Roman admiral Optatus transplanted some to the west coast of Italy in the hope of establishing a breeding population there. Roman taste in fish was influenced by colour, and it may be that the reddish colour of the females was thought to be especially attractive (males are usually grey-brown or purplish-brown).