African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868)

Traits taxon details

Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868)

To FishBase images (<i>Scarus falcipinnis</i>, Mauritius, by Randall, J.E.)

To FishBase images (Scarus falcipinnis, Mauritius, by Randall, J.E.)

AphiaID

219096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219096)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scarus Forsskål, 1775

Original name

Pseudoscarus falcipinnis Playfair, 1868

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Playfair, R. L. (1868). The fishes of Seychelles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 14 Nov. 1867): 846-872, Pls. 40-41. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219096 on 2025-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219096 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-24 18:26:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Playfair, R. L. (1868). The fishes of Seychelles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 14 Nov. 1867): 846-872, Pls. 40-41. [details]

basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]

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]

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]