WoRMS taxon details
Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell, 1835)
219077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219077)
accepted
Species
Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835) · unaccepted
Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
Description May be seen in seagrass beds as well as on coral reefs and rocky sea bottom.<307>.
Description May be seen in seagrass beds as well as on coral reefs and rocky sea bottom.<307>. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219077 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
basis of record Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description May be seen in seagrass beds as well as on coral reefs and rocky sea bottom.<307>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | dotted parrotfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calotomus viridescens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Calotomus viridescens FIN032919 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Calotomus viridescens FIN032920 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calotomus viridescens)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Calotomus viridescens FIN032919 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Calotomus viridescens FIN032920 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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