WoRMS taxon details
Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
219081 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219081)
accepted
Species
Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Callyodon blochi (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Callyodon japanensis (Bloch, 1789) · unaccepted
Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepted
Chlorurus japonensis (Bloch, 1789) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chlorurus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906) · unaccepted
Scarus blochii Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789 · unaccepted
Scarus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906) · unaccepted
Scarus viridis Bloch, 1790 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789) Bloch, M. E. (1789). Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. <em>Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 4 (for 1788): 242-248, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 244, Pl. 1 [details]
page(s): 244, Pl. 1 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219081 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scarus viridis Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 29, Pl. 222 [details]
original description (of Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789) Bloch, M. E. (1789). Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. <em>Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 4 (for 1788): 242-248, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 244, Pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Scarus blochii 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]
page(s): 29, Pl. 222 [details]
original description (of Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789) Bloch, M. E. (1789). Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. <em>Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 4 (for 1788): 242-248, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 244, Pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Scarus blochii 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]
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] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scarus blochii Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callyodon blochi (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Scarus viridis Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorurus japanensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus viridis Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Chlorurus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Chlorurus japonensis (Bloch, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon japanensis (Bloch, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus blochii Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon blochi (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase images (Chlorurus japanensis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon abacurus RAD114531-001) (from synonym Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon pyrrhurus P05973 illustration) (from synonym Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus japanensis FIN032959 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus japanensis FIN032960 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scarus blochii Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callyodon blochi (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Scarus viridis Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorurus japanensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus viridis Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Chlorurus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Chlorurus japonensis (Bloch, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon japanensis (Bloch, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus blochii Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon blochi (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase images (Chlorurus japanensis, Indonesia, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon abacurus RAD114531-001) (from synonym Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon pyrrhurus P05973 illustration) (from synonym Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus japanensis FIN032959 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus japanensis FIN032960 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
