Chlorurus japanensis

Chlorurus japanensis

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 japanensis

Name

Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)

Lectotype: ZMB 8580 (right skin). [Paralectotypes: ZMB 8586 (1, right skin) Moluccas].

Type locality: Japan [possibly Indonesia].

Synonyms

• Callyodon abacurus Jordan & Seale, 1906
• Callyodon blochi (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840)
• Callyodon japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
• Callyodon philippinus Fowler, 1918
• Callyodon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, 1906
• Chlorurus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
• Scarus blochii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes , 1840
• Scarus japanensis Bloch, 1789
• Scarus pyrrhurus (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
• Scarus viridis Bloch, 1790

References

• Bloch, M.E. 1789: Charactere und Beschreibung des Geschlechts der Papageyfische, Callyodon. Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 4: 242–248, Pls. 1-3. [Published in 1789.]
• 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 japanensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Palecheek Parrotfish