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Scarus niger  Forsskål, 1775
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170851

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Callyodon limbatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840)
 
    Scarus chadri Lacépède, 1802
 
    Scarus nuchipunctatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
 
    Scarus limbatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840
 
    Scarus makaravar Montrouzier, 1857
 
    Pseudoscarus flavomarginatus Kner, 1865
 
    Pseudoscarus madagascariensis Steindachner, 1887
 
    Callyodon maoricus Jordan and Seale, 1906
 
    Pseudoscarus godeffroyi Günther, 1909
 
    Callyodon lineolabiatus Fowler and Bean, 1928
 
    Pseudoscarus niger viridis Klunzinger, 1871
 
  Common Name(s): dusky 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 niger Forsskål, 1775 – dusky 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 niger   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 21-May-2001, website (version Feb-2000)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Scarus niger   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Scarus niger   
       
  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 niger   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: dusky parrotfish[English]   
       

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