Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Callyodon lineolabiatus Fowler & Bean, 1928 (synonym)

Callyodon madagascariensis (Steindachner, 1887) (synonym)

Callyodon maoricus Jordan & Seale, 1906 (synonym)

Callyodon niger (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)

Callyodon nuchipunctatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym)

Pseudoscarus flavomarginatus Kner, 1865 (synonym)

Pseudoscarus godeffroyi Günther, 1909 (synonym)

Pseudoscarus madagascariensis Steindachner, 1887 (synonym)

Pseudoscarus niger subsp. viridis Klunzinger, 1871 (synonym)

Scarus chadri Lacepède, 1802 (ambiguous synonym)

Scarus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym)

Scarus lineolabiatus (Fowler & Bean, 1928) (synonym)

Scarus makaravar Montrouzier, 1857 (ambiguous synonym)

Scarus nigar Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)

Scarus nuchipunctatus Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym)

Common names:

頸斑鸚哥魚 Mandarin Chinese

颈斑鹦哥鱼 Mandarin Chinese

鸚哥 Mandarin Chinese

鹦哥 Mandarin Chinese

黑鸚嘴魚 Mandarin Chinese

黑鹦嘴鱼 Mandarin Chinese

Aa Tahitian

Aliyakyak Visayan

Angol Bikol

Asul Bikol, Tagbanwa Calamian

Black parrotfish English

Bon-ak Bikol

Buchibudai Japanese

Bungalog Visayan

Bunog na angol Bikol

Buyos Other, Visayan

Dologom Kumak

Donker papegaaivis Afrikaans

Dusky parrotfish English

Fuga-pala Samoan

Gaab Carolinian

Kakatoi brisant French

Kakatua Makassarese, Malay

Karutha-chandi Malayalam

Laea-pala Samoan

Landaa Maldivian

Loro Kuyunon, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug, Spanish, Tagalog, Tagbanwa Calamian

Luro Tagalog

Lutiin Tagalog

Maming Bikol, Cebuano, Malay, Nemi, Surigaonon, Tagalog

Mara papauga Gela

Mol-mol Cebuano, Cotabato Chavacano, Ilokano, Pangasinan, Surigaonon, Waray-waray

Mørk papegøjefisk Danish

Moymoy Surigaonon

Mulmol Tagalog

'Opara Tahitian

Papagaio escuro Portuguese

Parrot fish English

Perroquet dorade French

Poisson-perroquet noir French

soqo Fijian

Swarthy parrotfish English

Te ikabata Kiribati

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Perciformes

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Family Scaridae

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Genus Scarus

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Distribution:

Agulhas Current; American Samoa; Arabian Sea; Australia; Calamianes Islands; Chagos Islands; China; Christmas Island (Aust.); Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Coral Sea and GBR; Egypt; French Polynesia; Great Barrier Reef; Guam; Gulf of Aqaba; Hong Kong; Hsiao-liu-chiu; India; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Indonesia; Indonesian Sea; Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Sodwana Bay, South Africa (Ref. 5490) and east to the Society Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Shark Bay, Western Australia and the southern Great Barrier Reef.; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kimbe Bay; Kuroshio Current; Lagonoy Gulf; Leyte Gulf; Lord Howe Island; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Micronesia,Fed.States of; Milne Bay; Mozambique; New Caledonia; North Australian Shelf; Northeast Australian Shelf; Northwest Australian Shelf; Ogasawara Islands; Oman; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Southwest; Pacific, Western Central; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Peng-hu Island; Persian Gulf; Philippines; Polynesian Waters; Ragay Gulf; Red Sea; Ryukyu Islands; Samoa; Seychelles; Somalia; South Africa; South China Sea; Spratly Islands; Sudan; Sulu-Celebes Sea; Taiwan; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Tawi tawi Bay; Thailand; Tonga; Tubbataha Reefs; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Yellow Sea; Yemen

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Westneat M., Data last modified by FishBase 07-Jun-1995

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:40693b7a-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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