Chlorurus japanensis

Chlorurus japanensis

Taxonavigation

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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

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Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)

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

Type locality: Japan [possibly Indonesia].

Synonyms

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  • 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

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  • 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

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English: Palecheek Parrotfish