WoRMS taxon details
Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810
Genus Bolbometopon Smith, 1956
Genus Cetoscarus Smith, 1956
Genus Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
Genus Hipposcarus Smith, 1956
Genus Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Genus Bulbometopon accepted as Bolbometopon Smith, 1956 (misspelling)
Genus Chlororus accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Hemistoma Swainson, 1839 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Genus Margaritodon Smith, 1956 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Genus Pseudocarus accepted as Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
Genus Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
Genus Sacrus accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
Genus Scarius accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
Genus Scarops Schultz, 1958 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Genus Cetoscarus Smith, 1956
Genus Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
Genus Hipposcarus Smith, 1956
Genus Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Genus Bulbometopon accepted as Bolbometopon Smith, 1956 (misspelling)
Genus Chlororus accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Hemistoma Swainson, 1839 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Genus Margaritodon Smith, 1956 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
Genus Pseudocarus accepted as Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (misspelling)
Genus Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
Genus Sacrus accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
Genus Scarius accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (misspelling)
Genus Scarops Schultz, 1958 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151787 on 2023-06-09
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
