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Scaridae 
AphiaID: 125557

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Perciformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English parrotfishes  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Scarinae
  » Genus Bolbometopon Smith, 1956
» Genus Cetoscarus Smith, 1956
» Genus Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
» Genus Hipposcarus Smith, 1956
» Genus Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Bulbometopon accepted as Bolbometopon Smith, 1956
» Genus Hemistoma accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Margaritodon accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Novacula Catesby, 1771 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Pseudocarus accepted as Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
» Genus Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
» Genus Scarius accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Scarops accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Subfamily Sparisomatinae
  » Genus Calotomus Gilbert, 1890
» Genus Cryptotomus Cope, 1870
» Genus Leptoscarus Swainson, 1839
» Genus Nicholsina Fowler, 1915
» Genus Sparisoma Swainson, 1839
» Genus Calliodon accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Escarus accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Euscarus accepted as Sparisoma Swainson, 1839
» Genus Sacrus accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
» Genus Scarichthys accepted as Leptoscarus Swainson, 1839
» Family Scaridae Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Scaridea Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Calotomus Gilbert, 1890
» Genus Scaridea Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Calotomus Gilbert, 1890
» Genus Sparidosoma accepted as Sparisoma Swainson, 1839
» Genus Xenoscarus accepted as Nicholsina Fowler, 1915

Genus Callyodon Gronow, 1763 (nomen dubium, Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261).)

Genus Xanothon Smith, 1956 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
Note  Description: Chiefly tropical. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Jaw teeth fused or parrotlike. Spines in dorsal fin 9; soft rays 10. Three spines in anal fin; soft rays 9. One spine in pelvic; soft rays 5. Caudal fin with 11 branched rays. Scales large; cycloid. Lateral line with usually 22-24 scales. Vertebrae 25. Herbivorous, usually scraping algae from dead coral substrates. At night, some species rest enveloped in their mucoid secretion. Sex change seems a common occurence, with the females either primary or secondary in most species. Many species could be identified by their live coloration but this may be lost in preservation, or can vary between juveniles and adults and with sex change.  [details]
Images 
Scaridae sp.
Scaridae sp.
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Scaridae sp.
Scaridae sp.
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked

Scaridae sp.
Scaridae sp.
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125557
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Scaridae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125557 on 2013-05-23
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