WoRMS taxon details
Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879)
277509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277509)
accepted
Species
Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 29-34. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277509 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901) Jenkins, O. P. (1901). Descriptions of new species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands belonging to the families of Labridae and Scaridae. <em>Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 19 [1899]: 45-65. [details]
original description (of Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 29-34. [details]
original description (of Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879) Steindachner, F. (1879). Über einige neue und seltene Fischarten aus den zoologischen Museen zu Wien, Stuttgart und Warschau. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 4): 29-34. [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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorurus perspicillatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus perspicillatus FIN032966 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus perspicillatus FIN032967 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus perspicillatus RAD112503-001) (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus perspicillatus RAD112503-002) (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlorurus perspicillatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus perspicillatus FIN032966 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chlorurus perspicillatus FIN032967 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus perspicillatus RAD112503-001) (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus perspicillatus RAD112503-002) (from synonym Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879)
To ITIS
