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Scarus ghobban  Forsskål, 1775
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170846

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Callyodon apridentatus Smith, 1956
  
    Callyodon dussumieri (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840)
  
    Callyodon fuscocuneus Fowler, 1935
  
    Callyodon pyrrostethus (Richardson, 1846)
  
    Callyodon speigleri Smith, 1956
  
    Hemistoma reticulata Swainson, 1839
  
    Pseudoscarus californiensis Pellegrin, 1901
  
    Pseudoscarus cantori Bleeker, 1861
  
    Pseudoscarus flavipinnis De Vis, 1885
  
    Pseudoscarus garretti Günther, 1909
  
    Pseudoscarus natalensis Gilchrist and Thompson, 1909
  
    Pseudoscarus nudirostris Alleyne and Macleay, 1877
  
    Pseudoscarus papuensis Macleay, 1883
  
    Scarus azureus Meek and Hildebrand, 1928
  
    Scarus dussumieri Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
  
    Scarus fehlmanni Schultz, 1969
  
    Scarus guttatus Bloch and Schneider, 1801
  
    Scarus haridoides Bleeker, 1855
  
    Scarus lacerta Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
  
    Scarus maculosus Lacépède, 1802
  
    Scarus magrathii Bennett, 1841
  
    Scarus noyesi Heller and Snodgrass, 1903
  
    Scarus pepo Bennett, 1830
  
    Scarus pyrrostethus Richardson, 1846
  
    Scarus pyrrostethus australianus Paradice in Paradice and Whitley, 1927
  
    Scarus scabriusculus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
  
    Scarus toshi Whitley, 1933
  
  Common Name(s): bluechin parrotfish [English]
  
    flame parrotfish [English]
  
    loro barbazul [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          SuperclassOsteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
             ClassActinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                SubclassNeopterygii  -- neopterygians  
                   InfraclassTeleostei   
                      SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                         OrderPerciformes  -- perch-like fishes  
                            SuborderLabroidei  -- labres, parrotfishes, poissons-perroquets, rainbowfishes, wrasses  
                               FamilyScaridae Rafinesque, 1810 -- loros, parrotfishes, poissons-perroquets  
                                  SubfamilyScarinae   
                                     GenusScarus Forsskål, 1775 -- parrotfishes  
                                        SpeciesScarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 -- bluechin parrotfish, flame parrotfish, loro barbazul  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Scarus ghobban   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 21-May-2001, website (version Feb-2000)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Scarus ghobban   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scarus ghobban   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Scarus ghobban, bluechin parrotfish, loro barbazul   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68   
  Page(s): 97   
  Publisher: J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology   
  Publication Place: Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0073-4381   
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  Reference for: Scarus ghobban   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Randall, John E., and Robin W. Bruce  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Parrotfishes of the Subfamily Scarinae of the Western Indian Ocean with Descriptions of three New Species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 47   
  Page(s): 39   
  Publisher: J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology   
  Publication Place: Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0073-4381   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scarus ghobban   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: flame parrotfish   
       

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