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Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775

219127  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219127)

  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 ghobban (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. (2025). FishBase. Scarus ghobban 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) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219127 on 2026-04-22
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 ghobban Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219127 on 2026-04-22
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 fehlmanni Schultz, 1969) Schultz, L.P. (1969). The taxonomic status of the controversial genera and species of parrotfishes with a descriptive list (Family Scaridae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 17: i–v + 1–49, Pls. 1–8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.17 [details] 

original description (of Callyodon apridentatus 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] 

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

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

basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details] 

additional source Bock, K.R. (1975). Preliminary checklist of the fishes of the south bank, Kilifi Creek, Kenya. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 148., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.140806 [details] 

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] 

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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    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (189 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callyodon apridentatus Smith, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus apridentatus Smith)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus fehlmanni Schultz, 1969)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pseudoscarus natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callyodon ghobban (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callyodon guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Blue-barred Parrotfish) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus ghobban) 
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus fehlmanni Schultz, 1969)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon apridentatus Smith, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon ghobban (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase 
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (573 nucleotides; 525 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus ghobban FIN033085 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus ghobban FIN033087 Slide 120 mm) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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