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Scarus festivus Valenciennes, 1840

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

219105  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219105)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Scaridae (Family)
  12. Scarinae (Subfamily)
  13. Scarus (Genus)
  14. Scarus festivus (Species)
accepted
Species
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 2025-05-31
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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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  PDF available [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

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  PDF available [request]

 
 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]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English festive parrotfish  [details]
Japanese ツキノワブダイ  [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
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Scarus festivus</i>, Palau, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Scarus festivus, Palau, by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon lunula P06145 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon lunula P06145 illustration)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon lunula RAD112582-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callyodon lunula RAD112582-001)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033054 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033054 Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033055 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus festivus FIN033055 Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
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