African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810

AphiaID

151787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151787)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Labridae Cuvier, 1816

Synonymised names

Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Tribe Scarini Rafinesque, 1810
1. Genus Bolbometopon Smith, 1956
2. Genus Cetoscarus Smith, 1956
3. Genus Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
4. Genus Hipposcarus Smith, 1956
5. Genus Scarus Forsskål, 1775
6. Genus Callyodon Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
7. Genus Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
8. Genus Xanothon Smith, 1956 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
Tribe Sparisomatini Gill, 1893
1. Genus Calotomus Gilbert, 1890
2. Genus Cryptotomus Cope, 1871
3. Genus Leptoscarus Swainson, 1839
4. Genus Sparisoma Swainson, 1839
5. Genus Scaridae [sic] accepted as Scaridea Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Calotomus Gilbert, 1890 (Genus misspelling)
6. Genus Scaridea Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Calotomus Gilbert, 1890

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151787 on 2026-04-24

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151787 on 2026-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-07 10:08:04Z

created

Claus, Simon

2015-04-17 08:54:03Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-07 13:20:13Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]