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Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)

219082  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219082)

  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. Labridae (Family)
  12. Scarinae (Subfamily)
  13. Scarini (Tribe)
  14. Chlorurus (Genus)
  15. Chlorurus sordidus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 30, x [details] OpenAccess publication
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219082 on 2026-04-03
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. Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219082 on 2026-04-03
Date
action
by
2002-01-02 17:49:40Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description (of Callyodon bipallidus Smith, 1956) Smith, J. L. B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Pt. IV. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 8 (no. 96) (art. 107): 928-937, Pl. 24. [details] 

original description (of Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 30, x [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

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

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
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (420 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callyodon bipallidus Smith, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanothon erythrodon (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanothon margaritus (Cartier, 1874))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Callyodon erythrodon (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Xanothon bipallidus (Smith, 1956))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callyodon margaritus (Cartier, 1874))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Bullethead Parrotfish) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Bullethead Parrotfish) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Bullethead Parrotfish) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorurus sordidus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon bipallidus Smith, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon margaritus (Cartier, 1874))
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon bipallidus (Smith, 1956))
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon erythrodon (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon margaritus (Cartier, 1874))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon erythrodon (Valenciennes, 1840))
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (674 nucleotides; 465 proteins) 
To GenBank (674 nucleotides; 465 proteins) (from synonym Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus sordidus RAD107316-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus sordidus USNM 439625 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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