WoRMS taxon details
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
AphiaID: 219127
AphiaID: 219127
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarinae (Subfamily) > Scarus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Scarus Forsskål, 1775 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Callyodon apridentatus Smith, 1956 Callyodon dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) Callyodon fuscocuneus Fowler, 1935 Callyodon ghobban (Forsskål, 1775) Callyodon guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 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 & Thompson, 1909 Pseudoscarus nudirostris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 Pseudoscarus papuensis Macleay, 1883 Scarus apridentatus Smith Scarus azureus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 Scarus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840 Scarus fehlmanni Schultz, 1969 Scarus ghoban Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling) Scarus guttatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Scarus haridoides Bleeker, 1855 Scarus lacerta Valenciennes, 1840 Scarus maculosus Lacepède, 1802 Scarus magrathii Bennett, 1841 Scarus noyesi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 Scarus pepo Bennett, 1830 Scarus pyrrostethus Richardson, 1846 Scarus pyrrostethus australianus Paradice, 1927 Scarus scabriusculus Valenciennes, 1840 Scarus toshi Whitley, 1933 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details] basis of record: Bock, K.R. (1975). Preliminary checklist of the fishes of the south bank, Kilifi Creek, Kenya. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 148. [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (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] from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Djibouti [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Hatschekia difficilis Kabata, 1991 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (40 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (112 nucleotides; 143 proteins) To IUCN Red List To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Males common in atolls where they live mainly around the inner and outer edges of barrier reefs at depths of about 30 ft; females prefer deeper habitat (Ref. 4821). Generally found in groups (Ref. 5213). Feeds on algae (Ref. 6113). Caught with nets and other types of artisanal gear. Marketed fresh (Ref. 5284). [details] Synonymy: Has 19 synonyms<307> [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219127 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775. 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=219127 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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