WoRMS taxon details
Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775
219121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219121)
accepted
Species
Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 · unaccepted
Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus coerulescens Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958 · unaccepted
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] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219121 on 2026-04-19
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Nomenclature
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]
original description (of Scarus aeruginosus 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 marshalli Schultz, 1958) Schultz, L. P. (1958). Review of the parrotfishes family Scaridae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 214: i-v + 1-143, Pls. 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.214.1 [details]
original description (of Scarus caerulescens 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 Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em> [details]
original description (of Scarus aeruginosus 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 marshalli Schultz, 1958) Schultz, L. P. (1958). Review of the parrotfishes family Scaridae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 214: i-v + 1-143, Pls. 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.214.1 [details]
original description (of Scarus caerulescens 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 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
context source (HKRMS)
Ni IH. & Kwok KY. (1999). Marine Fish Fauna in Hong Kong Waters. Zoological Studies 38: pp 130-152. [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
[request]
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 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
[request]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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | rusty parrotfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scarus coerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus ferrugineus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus coerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus ferrugineus FIN033052A Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus ferrugineus FIN033052B Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus marshalli P06148 illustration) (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus marshalli RAD112579-001) (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Scarus coerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus ferrugineus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus coerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus ferrugineus FIN033052A Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus ferrugineus FIN033052B Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus marshalli P06148 illustration) (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus marshalli RAD112579-001) (from synonym Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958)
To ITIS
