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WoRMS taxon details

Chlorurus Swainson, 1839

AphiaID

204543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204543)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810

Synonymised names

Chlororus · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Pseudocarus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)

Xanothon Smith, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Chlorurus atrilunula (Randall & Bruce, 1983)
Species Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)
Species Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder, 1909)
Species Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847)
Species Chlorurus cyanescens (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
Species Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Chlorurus genazonatus (Randall & Bruce, 1983)
Species Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell, 1829)
Species Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
Species Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854)
Species Chlorurus oedema (Snyder, 1909)
Species Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879)
Species Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson, 1997
Species Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Species Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
Species Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Chlorurus bicolor (Rüppell, 1829) accepted as Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell, 1829)
Species Chlorurus gibbosus (Rüppell, 1829) accepted as Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell, 1829) (misspelling)
Species Chlorurus japonensis (Bloch, 1789) accepted as Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789) (misspelling)
Species Chlorurus oedemus (Snyder, 1909) accepted as Chlorurus oedema (Snyder, 1909) (misspelling)
Species Chlorurus pulchellus (Rüppell, 1835) accepted as Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell, 1829)
Species Chlorurus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906) accepted as Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
Species Chlorurus strongycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) accepted as Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Chlorurus Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204543 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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original description (of Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861) Bleeker, P. (1861). Iets over de geslachten der Scaroïden en hunne Indisch-archipelagische soorten. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 12: 228-244. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]