WoRMS name details
Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775
219116 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219116)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 30, x [details]
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. (2025). FishBase. Scarus sordidus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219116 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 30, x [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
page(s): 30, x [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
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additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
