WoRMS taxon details
Scarus coelestinus Valenciennes, 1840
276042 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276042)
accepted
Species
Pseudoscarus coelestinus (Valenciennes, 1840) · unaccepted
Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912 · unaccepted
Pseudoscarus simplex Poey, 1865 · unaccepted
Scarus coelastinus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Scarus rostratus Poey, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scarus coelestinus Valenciennes, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276042 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
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 Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912) Bean, T. H. (1912). Description of new fishes of Bermuda. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 25: 121-126. [details]
original description (of Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912) Bean, T. H. (1912). Description of new fishes of Bermuda. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 25: 121-126. [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 (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | plum parrotfishmidnight parrotfish | [details] |
| Spanish | loro de medianoche | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pseudoscarus simplex Poey, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scarus rostratus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus coelestinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rostratus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus coelastinus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus simplex Poey, 1865)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus coelestinus RAD112536-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus coelestinus RAD112537-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pseudoscarus simplex Poey, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Scarus rostratus Poey, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus coelestinus)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus plumbeus Bean, 1912)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus rostratus Poey, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus coelastinus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudoscarus simplex Poey, 1865)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus coelestinus RAD112536-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus coelestinus RAD112537-001)
To ITIS
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