WoRMS taxon details
Scarus chameleon Choat & Randall, 1986
276040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276040)
accepted
Species
Scarus chaemeleon Choat & Randall, 1986 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Choat, J. H., Randall, J. E. (1986). A review of the parrotfishes (family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with description of a new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38 (4): 175-228, Pls. 1-11. [Date on cover erroneously as 1 Dec. 1985.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scarus chameleon Choat & Randall, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276040 on 2025-06-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Choat, J. H., Randall, J. E. (1986). A review of the parrotfishes (family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with description of a new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38 (4): 175-228, Pls. 1-11. [Date on cover erroneously as 1 Dec. 1985.]. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カメレオンブダイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (39 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Chameleon Parrotfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Chameleon Parrotfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Chameleon Parrotfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus chameleon)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Scarus chaemeleon Choat & Randall, 1986)
To FishBase images (Scarus chameleon, Palau, by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus chameleon FIN033028 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus chameleon FIN033029 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Chameleon Parrotfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Chameleon Parrotfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Chameleon Parrotfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus chameleon)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Scarus chaemeleon Choat & Randall, 1986)
To FishBase images (Scarus chameleon, Palau, by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus chameleon FIN033028 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus chameleon FIN033029 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
