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Genus Scarus Forsskål, 1775

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Misidentifications

LABRIDAE: Callyodon dubius (Bennett, 1828) [recorded by Whitley 1964: 52, species, 1786; now regarded as Scarus dubius, confined to central Pacific; identity of Australian records uncertain]

LABRIDAE: Callyodon formosus (Valenciennes, 1840) [recorded by Whitley 1964: 52, species, 1779; now regarded as a junior synonym of Scarus dubius, confined to central Pacific; identity of Australian records uncertain]

LABRIDAE: Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840 [now regarded as a synonym of Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål 1775, confined to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden; Australian records probably based on more than one species] — Choat, J.H. & Randall, J.E. 1986. A review of the parrotfishes (Family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with description of a new species. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 175-228 [218]

LABRIDAE: Scarus axilllaris Steindachner, 1878 [type locality listed as possibly northern Australia, but subseqently found to be from Brazil; species is now regarded as Sparisoma axillare] — Moura, R.L. de, Figueiredo, J.L. de & Sazima, I. 2001. A new parrotfish (Scaridae) from Brazil, and revalidation of Sparisoma amplum (Ranzani, 1842), Sparisoma frondosum (Agassiz, 1831), Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878) and Scarus trispinosus Valenciennes, 1840. Bulletin of Marine Science 68(3): 505-524

LABRIDAE: Scarus dubius Bennett, 1828 [recorded by Whitley 1964: 52, species 1786, as Callyodon dubius and Callyodon formosus, species, 1779, now regarded as a junior synonym of Scarus dubius, confined to central Pacific; identity of Australian records uncertain, but possibly based on Scarus spinus] — Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [461]

LABRIDAE: Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775 [recorded as Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840, now considered a junior synonym, confined to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden; Australian records probably based on more than one species] — Randall, J.E. & Ormond, R.F.G. 1978. On the Red Sea parrotfishes of Forsskål, Scarus psittacus and S. ferrugineus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 63(3): 239-248 fig. 1 [245]

LABRIDAE: Scarus formosus Valenciennes, 1840 [now regarded as a junior synonym of Scarus dubius, confined to central Pacific; identity of Australian records uncertain]

LABRIDAE: Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840 [It is unclear what species had been identified as this species from Western Australia; species is found only in Indian Ocean outside of Australia] — Choat, J.H. & Randall, J.E. 1986. A review of the parrotfishes (Family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with description of a new species. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 175-228 [204]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Circumglobal.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024 LABRIDAE 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
13-Apr-2023 LABRIDAE 12-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
27-Jul-2017 LABROIDEI 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED