WoRMS taxon details
Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger, 1871)
219132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219132)
accepted
Species
Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus Klunzinger, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219132 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus Klunzinger, 1871) Klunzinger, C. B. (1871). Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. II. Theil. <em>Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 21: 441-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16425732#page/595/mode/1up [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
Remark Closely related to the Indian Ocean species S. russelii Cuvier & Valenciennes<307>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | purple-brown parrotfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus fuscopurpureus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus Klunzinger, 1871)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus fuscopurpureus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus Klunzinger, 1871)
To FishBase
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Pseudoscarus forskalii fuscopurpureus Klunzinger, 1871)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
