WoRMS taxon details
Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840)
219074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219074)
accepted
Species
Bolbomatopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Bolbometopon muricantum (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Bulbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callyodon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
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...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219074 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | green humphead parrotfishbumphead parrotfish | [details] |
| Japanese | カンムリブダイ | [details] |
| Turkish | tepeli papagan baligi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callyodon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbometopon muricatum)
To FishBase (from synonym Bolbometopon muricantum (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bulbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bolbomatopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase images (Bolbometopon muricatum, Malaysia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bolbometopon muricatum FIN032892 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bolbometopon muricatum FIN032893 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callyodon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolbometopon muricatum)
To FishBase (from synonym Bolbometopon muricantum (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bulbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bolbomatopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase images (Bolbometopon muricatum, Malaysia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bolbometopon muricatum FIN032892 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bolbometopon muricatum FIN032893 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
