Species details : Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840

Accepted scientific name:
Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Scarus scaber  Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms:
Callyodon lazulinus (non Jordan & Seale, 1906) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Callyodon lazulinus (non Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Callyodon oviceps (non Valenciennes, 1840) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Callyodon oviceps (non Valenciennes, 1840)
Callyodon pectoralis (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon pectoralis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Callyodon scaber (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon scaber (Valenciennes, 1840)
Scarus pectoralis Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarus pectoralis Valenciennes, 1840
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Vyfsaal-papegaaivis - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Cateau binik - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Cateau vert - Creole, French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Dusky-capped parrotfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Five-saddle parrotfish - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Fivesaddle parrotfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Fivesaddle parrotfish - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Kakatoi vert - French Seychelles Click here to show the literature
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Perroquet à cinq selles - French France Click here to show the literature
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Perroquet sale - French Mauritius Click here to show the literature
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Poisson-perroquet rude - French Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Te ikamawa - Kiribati Kiribati(Gilbert Islands) Click here to show the literature
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Te inai - Kiribati Kiribati(Gilbert Islands) Click here to show the literature
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Lacukang - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Chandi - Malayalam India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature
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Veesam - Malayalam India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature
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ചണ്ടി - Malayalam India
ചാണ്ടി - Malayalam India
വീശം - Malayalam India
വേസം  - Malayalam India
Gali-landae - Maldivian India(Laccadives Island) Click here to show the literature
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横带鹦嘴鱼 Heng dai ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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橫帶鸚嘴魚 Heng dai ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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胸翅鸚嘴魚 Syong chih ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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胸翅鹦嘴鱼 Xiong chi ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Papagaio de cinco selas - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Scaridae FishBase
Genus Scarus FishBase
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa south to Natal, South Africa; also around islands of the western Indian Ocean.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: In Cuvier & Valenciennes.
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=7913
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fb9e605e-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401