WoRMS taxon details

Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868)

219096  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219096)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found in shallow water. Feeds on benthic algae. Also caught with nets, and other kinds of artisanal gear. Sold mostly fresh...  
Description Found in shallow water. Feeds on benthic algae. Also caught with nets, and other kinds of artisanal gear. Sold mostly fresh in markets. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219096 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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

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]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Found in shallow water. Feeds on benthic algae. Also caught with nets, and other kinds of artisanal gear. Sold mostly fresh in markets. [details]
LanguageName 
English sicklefin parrotfish  [details]