Chlorurus

Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3][4]

Chlorurus
Chlorurus perspicillatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Swainson, 1839
Type species
Scarus gibbus
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861
  • Xanothon J.L.B. Smith, 1956
  • Ypsiscarus Schultz, 1958

Species

There are 18 species:[4]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Chlorurus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Scaridae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chlorurus Swainson, 1839". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Chlorurus in FishBase. March 2018 version.


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