WoRMS name details

Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775

219116  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219116)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18564
page(s): 30, x  [details]   
Description Inhabits both coral rich and open pavement areas of shallow reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref.5213). Feeds on...  
Description Inhabits both coral rich and open pavement areas of shallow reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref.5213). Feeds on algae (Ref. 6113). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219116 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
1998-06-17 06:27:10Z
changed
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z
changed

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original description Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. <em>Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.</em> 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map. [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18564
page(s): 30, x  [details]   

basis of record Smith, J.L.B. & Smith, M.M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University. Grahamstown. [details]   

additional source Gon, O. (1996). Fifty years of fish systematics at the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. <em>Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr.</em> 51: 45-78. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Inhabits both coral rich and open pavement areas of shallow reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref.5213). Feeds on algae (Ref. 6113). [details]

Synonymy Has 13 synonyms<307> [details]
LanguageName 
English daisy parrotfishbullethead parrotfish  [details]
Japanese ハゲブダイ  [details]