Hipposcarus longiceps
Hipposcarus longiceps is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish in the family Scaridae. It is found in the eastern Indian Oceans and the western Pacific Ocean from the Cocos-Keeling Islands and Rowley Shoals in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line and Tuamotu islands in the east, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Hipposcarus |
| Species: | H. longiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Scarus longiceps Valenciennes, 1840 | |
Hipposcarus longiceps was first formally described as Scarus longiceps in 1840 by the French ichthyologist Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865) with the type locality given as Waigeo in modern Indonesia.[3]
The species is on the IUCN Red List as Least Concern, assessment year 2012.[1]
References
- Choat, J.H.; Carpenter, K.E.; Clements, K.D.; et al. (2012). "Hipposcarus longiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190745A17786312. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190745A17786312.en. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Hipposcarus longiceps" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Scarus longiceps". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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