WoRMS taxon details
Scarus guacamaia Cuvier, 1829
276049 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276049)
accepted
Species
Pseudoscarus guacamaia (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Scarus pleianus Poey, 1861 · unaccepted
Scarus turchesius Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Scarus guacamaia Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276049 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
original description (of Scarus turchesius 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 turchesius 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]
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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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 (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Scarus turchesius Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scarus pleianus Poey, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus guacamaia)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus turchesius Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus pleianus Poey, 1861)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Pseudoscarus guacamaia (Cuvier, 1829); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2580169) (from synonym Pseudoscarus guacamaia (Cuvier, 1829))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus guacamaia RAD112635-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus guacamaia RAD112635-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Scarus turchesius Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Scarus pleianus Poey, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scarus guacamaia)
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus turchesius Valenciennes, 1840)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scarus pleianus Poey, 1861)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Pseudoscarus guacamaia (Cuvier, 1829); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2580169) (from synonym Pseudoscarus guacamaia (Cuvier, 1829))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus guacamaia RAD112635-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Scarus guacamaia RAD112635-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
