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Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) 
AphiaID: 219074

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarinae (Subfamily) > Bolbometopon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Bolbometopon Smith, 1956
Synonymised
taxa		  Bolbomatopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) (misspelling)
 Bolbometopon muricantum (Valenciennes, 1840) (misspelling)
 Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
 Bulbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) (misspelling)
 Callyodon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
 Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English bumphead parrotfish  [details]
English green humphead parrotfish  [details]
Turkish tepeli papagan baligi  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution East Africa [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Occur in schools on clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to at least 30 m. Usually in small groups. Feeds on benthic algae and live corals. The largest and wariest of the parrotfishes. [details]

Remark: In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
Image 
Bolbometopon muricatum
Bolbometopon muricatum
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219074
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840). 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=219074 on 2013-06-20
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