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Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775

219125  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219125)

  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. Scarus (Genus)
  15. Scarus psittacus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details] OpenAccess publication
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Scarus psittacus 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219125 on 2026-04-18
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. Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219125 on 2026-04-18
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z
changed
Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description 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 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Scarus bataviensis Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Descriptiones specierum piscium javanensium novarum vel minus cognitarum diagnosticae. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 13 (no. 2): 323-368. [details] 

original description (of Scarus taeniurus Valenciennes, 1840) 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 Xanothon parvidens Smith, 1956) Smith, J. L. B. (1956). The parrot fishes of the family Callyodontidae of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 1: 1-23, Pls. 41-45. [details] 

original description (of Xanothon carifanus Smith, 1956) Smith, J. L. B. (1956). The parrot fishes of the family Callyodontidae of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> No. 1: 1-23, Pls. 41-45. [details] 

original description (of Scarus venosus Valenciennes, 1840) 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 forsteri Valenciennes, 1840) 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] 

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

additional source 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 Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [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
 
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To Barcode of Life (93 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanothon bataviensis (Bleeker, 1857))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanothon oktodon (Bleeker, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanothon carifanus Smith, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Xanothon parvidens Smith, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scarus bataviensis Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scarus forsteri Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scarus venosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scarus taeniurus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus psittacus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon bataviensis (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus bataviensis Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon parvidens Smith, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus taeniurus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus forsteri Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus oktodon (Bleeker, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus venosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon venosus (Valenciennes, 1840))
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon carifanus Smith, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Xanothon oktodon (Bleeker, 1861))
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (278 nucleotides; 106 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus psittacus RAD112720-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus psittacus RAD112721-001) 
To ITIS
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