WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal 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 Scarus lepidus Jenyns, 1842) Jenyns, L. (1840-1842). Fish. <em>In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836.</em> London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i-xvi + 1-172, Pls. 1-29. [details]
original description
(of Scarus pronus Fowler, 1900) Fowler, H. W. (1900). Observations on fishes from the Caroline Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 51 (for 1899): 482-496, Pls. 17-18. [details]
original description
(of Pseudoscarus fuscus De Vis, 1885) De Vis, C. W. (1885). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 5. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 4): 869-887. [details]
original description
(of Pseudoscarus strigipinnis De Vis, 1885) De Vis, C. W. (1885). New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 5. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 9 (pt 4): 869-887. [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]
Ecologyecology 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] 
Otheradditional 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]
Unreviewed
Description More common in outer reef habitats than protected waters. Spawns in groups or in pairs. Caught mainly with traps, nets and other types of artisanal gear. [details]
Remark In Cuvier & Valenciennes. [details]
To Barcode of Life (92 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pseudoscarus fuscus De Vis, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callyodon lepidus (Jenyns, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Scarus pronus Fowler, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Callyodon globiceps (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scarus lepidus Jenyns, 1842)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus globiceps)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon globiceps (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon lepidus (Jenyns, 1842))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudocarus spilonotus Kner, 1868)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus fuscus De Vis, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus lepidus Jenyns, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus pronus Fowler, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus strigipinnis De Vis, 1885)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus qlobiceps Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase images (Scarus globiceps, Papua New Guinea, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (113 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Scarus lepidus Jenyns, 1842; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2502667) (from synonym Scarus lepidus Jenyns, 1842)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus globiceps USNM 392974 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus globiceps USNM 401014 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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