Species details : Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868)

Accepted scientific name:
Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Scarus spinus  (Kner, 1868)
Synonyms:
Callyodon kelloggi Jordan & Seale, 1906 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon kelloggi Jordan & Seale, 1906
Callyodon kelloggii Jordan & Seale, 1906 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon kelloggii Jordan & Seale, 1906
Pseudoscarus spinus Kner, 1868 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pseudoscarus spinus Kner, 1868
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Surufuruf - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Greensnout parrotfish - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Greensnout parrotfish - English Philippines(Surigao City) Click here to show the literature
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Pygmy parrotfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Spiny parrotfish - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature
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Yellow-head parrotfish - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Shiro-obi-budai - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Bayan - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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刺鸚嘴魚 Cih ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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刺鸚嘴魚 Cih ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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刺鹦嘴鱼 Ci ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鸚哥 Ying ge Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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鹦哥 Ying ge Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Fuga-a'au - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Molmol - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao City, Surigao del Norte) Click here to show the literature
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Loro - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Mulmol - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Aliyakyak - Visayan Philippines 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: Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean (Ref. 30874), then from the Philippines to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
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=4974
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd912849-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401