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Scarus prasiognathos

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Species of fish

Scarus prasiognathos
Scarus prasiognathos (male)
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species: S. prasiognathos
Binomial name
Scarus prasiognathos
Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms
  • Scarus chlorodon Jenyns, 1842
  • Scarus singaporensis Bleeker, 1852
  • Callyodon singaporensis (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Pseudoscarus singaporensis (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Scarus janthochir Bleeker, 1853
  • Callyodon janthochir (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Pseudoscarus janthochir (Bleeker, 1853)

Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.

This species was first formally described in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago.

  • immature juvenile immature juvenile
  • initial phase (female) initial phase (female)
  • final phase (male) final phase (male)

References

  1. Allen, G. (2012). "Scarus prasiognathos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T154676A17898392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T154676A17898392.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scarus prasiognathos". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scarus prasiognathos". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Scarus prasiognathos
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