WoRMS taxon details
Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789)
276052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276052)
accepted
Species
Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789 · unaccepted
Callyodon margarita Fowler, 1917 · unaccepted
Scarus alternans Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790 · unaccepted
Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus flavomarginatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
Scarus insulaesanctaecrucis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789) · unaccepted
Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789) Bloch, M. E. (1789). Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. <em>Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 4 (for 1788): 242-248, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 245 [details]
page(s): 245 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276052 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scarus alternans Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 27, Pl. 221 [details]
original description (of Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Scarus flavomarginatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Scarus insulaesanctaecrucis Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789) Bloch, M. E. (1789). Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. <em>Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 4 (for 1788): 242-248, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 312, Pl. 62 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 27, Pl. 221 [details]
original description (of Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Scarus flavomarginatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Scarus insulaesanctaecrucis Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 14: i-xxii + 2 pp. + 1-464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389-420. [details]
original description (of Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789) Bloch, M. E. (1789). Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. <em>Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 4 (for 1788): 242-248, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 312, Pl. 62 (fig. 2) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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 McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (82 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus alternans Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callyodon margarita Fowler, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Striped Parrotfish) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus iseri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus alternans Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus flavomarginatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus insulaesanctaecrucis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon margarita Fowler, 1917)
To FishBase images (Scarus iserti, Virgin Is. (US), by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 103 proteins)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 103 proteins) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 103 proteins) (from synonym Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus croicensis RAD112546-001) (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus croicensis RAD112765-001) (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus iseri USNM 406366 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus iseri USNM 406367 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Scarus alternans Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callyodon margarita Fowler, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Striped Parrotfish) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus iseri)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus alternans Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus flavomarginatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus insulaesanctaecrucis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase (from synonym Callyodon margarita Fowler, 1917)
To FishBase images (Scarus iserti, Virgin Is. (US), by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 103 proteins)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 103 proteins) (from synonym Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 103 proteins) (from synonym Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus croicensis RAD112546-001) (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus croicensis RAD112765-001) (from synonym Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus iseri USNM 406366 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus iseri USNM 406367 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
