WoRMS taxon details
Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
AphiaID: 219679
AphiaID: 219679
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Acanthuridae (Family) > Acanthurinae (Subfamily) > Zebrasoma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Acanthurus altivelis Valenciennes, 1835 Acanthurus ruppelii Bennett, 1836 Acanthurus scopas Cuvier, 1829 Acanthurus suillus Cuvier, 1829 Zebrasoma scopes (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling) Zebrasoma supraalba Fowler, 1946 | ||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Kenya [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (129 nucleotides; 39 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs in coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. Graze on algae, usually in groups of 20 individuals (Ref. 5503). Group and pair spawning have been observed. The flesh is never poisonous (Ref. 4795). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219679 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829). 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=219679 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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