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Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger, 1871)

To FishBase images (<i>Scarus fuscopurpureus</i>, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Scarus fuscopurpureus, by Randall, J.E.)

219132  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219132)

  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. Scaridae (Family)
  12. Scarinae (Subfamily)
  13. Scarus (Genus)
  14. Scarus fuscopurpureus (Species)
accepted
Species
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. (2025). FishBase. Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219132 on 2025-04-16
Date
action
by
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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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] 

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] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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]
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LanguageName 
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 FishBase images (Scarus fuscopurpureus, by Randall, J.E.) 
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
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Scarus fuscopurpureus</i>, by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Scarus fuscopurpureus, by Randall, J.E.)
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