Chlorurus japanensis
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219081 on 2026-08-03
created: 2002-01-02T18:49:40Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
class: Teleostei
family: Labridae
genus: Chlorurus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bloch, M. E. (1789). Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. v. 4 (for 1788): 242-248, Pls. 1-3.
name published in: 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.
name published in: Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
name published in: Jordan, D. S.; Seale, A. (1906). The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. . 25 (for 1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53.
name published in year: 1789
name published in year: 1840
name published in year: 1790
name published in year: 1906
order: Eupercaria incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 204543
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Bloch, 1789)
specific epithet: japanensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted