WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

AphiaID

311415 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:311415)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Bolbometopon Smith, 1956

Original name

Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris. v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bolbometopon muricatus (Valenciennes, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=311415 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Scarus muricatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris. v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors