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Scarus psittacus  Forsskål, 1775
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170855

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Scarus forsteri Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
  
    Scarus taeniurus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
  
    Callyodon bataviensis (Bleeker, 1857)
  
    Callyodon forsteri (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840)
  
    Callyodon oktodon (Bleeker, 1861)
  
    Scarus bataviensis Bleeker, 1857
  
    Pseudoscarus oktodon Bleeker, 1861
  
    Scarus venosus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
  
    Pseudoscarus forskalii Klunzinger, 1871
  
    Scarus balinensis Bleeker, 1849
  
    Pseudoscarus filholi Sauvage, 1880
  
    Pseudoscarus labiosus Macleay, 1883
  
    Scarus gilberti Jenkins, 1901
  
    Scarus brunneus Jenkins, 1901
  
    Scarus jenkinsi Jordan and Evermann, 1903
  
    Callyodon erythacus Jordan and Seale, 1906
  
    Callyodon hornbosteli Fowler, 1925
  
    Scarus galena Jordan, 1925
  
    Xanothon carifanus Smith, 1956
  
    Xanothon parvidens Smith, 1956
  
    Scarus hertit Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
  
  Common Name(s): Palenose parrotfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyScaridae Rafinesque, 1810 – parrotfishes, loros, poissons-perroquets  
                                     SubfamilyScarinae   
                                        GenusScarus Forsskål, 1775 – parrotfishes  
                                           SpeciesScarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 – Palenose parrotfish  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Scarus psittacus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Scarus psittacus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Randall, John E., and Robin W. Bruce  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Parrotfishes of the Subfamily Scarinae of the Western Indian Ocean with Descriptions of three New Species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 47   
  Page(s): 39   
  Publisher: J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology   
  Publication Place: Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0073-4381   
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  Reference for: Scarus psittacus   
       

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