Abecasis, D., Bentes, L., Ribeiro, J., Machado, D., Oliveira, F., Veiga, P., Gonçalves, J.M.S. & Erzini, K., 2008. First record of the Mediterranean parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense in Ria Formosa (south Portugal). Marine Biodiversity Records, Volume 1, e27.

Several juvenile specimens of Sparisoma cretense, a previously unrecorded species, were caught using beach seining in Ria Formosa.The hypothesis that these occurrences are related with climatic changes is discussed.