Scarus prasiognathos

Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.[2]

Scarus prasiognathos
Scarus prasiognathos (male)

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. prasiognathos
Binomial name
Scarus prasiognathos
Synonyms[2]
  • Scarus chlorodon Jenyns, 1842
  • Scarus singaporensis Bleeker, 1852
  • Callyodon singaporensis (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Pseudoscarus singaporensis (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Scarus janthochir Bleeker, 1853
  • Callyodon janthochir (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Pseudoscarus janthochir (Bleeker, 1853)

This species was first formally decsribed in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago.[3]

  • immature juvenile
  • initial phase (female)
  • final phase (male)

References
  1. Allen, G. (2012). "Scarus prasiognathos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T154676A17898392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T154676A17898392.en. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Scarus prasiognathos" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Scarus prasiognathos". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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