Chlorurus enneacanthus

Chlorurus enneacanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Scaridae
Subfamilia: Scarinae
Genus: Chlorurus
Species: Chlorurus enneacanthus

Name

Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)

Holotype: MNHN 0000-2476 (dry).

Type locality: Mauritius.

Synonyms

• Callyodon capitaneus (Cuvier, 1829)
• Callyodon enneacanthus (Lacepède, 1802)
• Scarus capitaneus Cuvier, 1829
• Scarus enneacanthus Lacepède, 1802
• Xanothon capitaneus (Cuvier, 1829)

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1802: Historie naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16.
• Bellwood, D.R. 2001: Family Scaridae. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001. Species identification guide for fishery purposes. Bony fishes part 4. 6: 3468–3492, Pls. VI-XIV.
• Chlorurus enneacanthus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Captain Parrotfish