WoRMS taxon details
Scarus festivus Valenciennes, 1840
219105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219105)
accepted
Species
Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908 · unaccepted
Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940 · unaccepted
Margaritodon verweyi (de Beaufort, 1940) · unaccepted
Scarus lunula (Snyder, 1908) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 Found clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds on benthic algae (Ref. 3488).
Description Found clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds on benthic algae (Ref. 3488). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scarus festivus Valenciennes, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219105 on 2025-06-29
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
original description (of Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908) Snyder, J. O. (1908). Descriptions of eighteen new species and two new genera of fishes from Japan and the Riu Kiu Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 35 (no. 1635): 93-111. [details]
original description (of Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940) de Beaufort, L.F. (1940). The fishes of the Indo-Australian archipelago. VIII. Percomorphi (continued). Cirrhitoidea, Labriformes, Pomacentriformes. <em>E.J. Brill, Leiden. v.8:1-508.</em> [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908) Snyder, J. O. (1908). Descriptions of eighteen new species and two new genera of fishes from Japan and the Riu Kiu Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 35 (no. 1635): 93-111. [details]
original description (of Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940) de Beaufort, L.F. (1940). The fishes of the Indo-Australian archipelago. VIII. Percomorphi (continued). Cirrhitoidea, Labriformes, Pomacentriformes. <em>E.J. Brill, Leiden. v.8:1-508.</em> [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found clear lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds on benthic algae (Ref. 3488). [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scarus lunula (Snyder, 1908))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus festivus)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus lunula (Snyder, 1908))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Margaritodon verweyi (de Beaufort, 1940))
To FishBase images (Scarus festivus, Palau, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon lunula P06145 illustration) (from synonym Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033054 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033055 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scarus lunula (Snyder, 1908))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus festivus)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus lunula (Snyder, 1908))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908)
To FishBase (from synonym Margaritodon verweyi (de Beaufort, 1940))
To FishBase images (Scarus festivus, Palau, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon lunula P06145 illustration) (from synonym Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033054 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033055 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
