Heteroscarus acroptilus

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: Odacidae
Genus: Heteroscarus
Species: Heteroscarus acroptilus

Name

Heteroscarus acroptilus (Richardson, 1846)

Holotype: No types known.

Type locality: Coasts of Australia.

Synonyms

Scarus acroptilus Richardson, 1846
- Odax acroptilus (Richardson, 1846)
Heteroscarus filamentosus Castelnau, 1872
Heteroscarus modestus Castelnau, 1872
Pseudoscarus modestus Castelnau, 1875
Heteroscarus castelnaui Macleay, 1878
Heteroscarus elegans Steindachner, 1884
Heteroscarus tenuiceps De Vis, 1885
Heteroscarus macleayi McCoy, 1888

References

Primary references

Richardson, J. 1844–48. Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror. In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray. The zoology of the voyage of H. H. S. "Erebus & Terror," under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross during 1839–43. London. Ichthyology 2(2): i–viii + 1–139, Pls. 1–60. Online.
Castelnau, F.L. 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.—The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29–242). No. II.—Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243–247). Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 1: 29–247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl. Reference page.
Castelnau, F.L. 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria 1–52. Online. Reference page.
Macleay, W.J. 1878. Description of some new fishes from Port Jackson and King George's Sound. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 1): 33–37, Pls. 2–5. BHL Reference page.
Steindachner, F. 1884. Ichthyologische Beiträge (XIII). I. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Australiens. II. Caranx africanus n. sp. III. Macrones chinensis n. sp. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 88 (1. Abth.): 1065–1114, Pls. 1–8. Reference page.
De Vis, C.W. 1885. New fishes in the Queensland Museum. No. 5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9(4): 869–887. BHL Reference page.
McCoy, F. 1888. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorial indigenous animals. Government Printer, Melbourne. Reference page.

Additional references

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 63: 9–50.

Links

Scarus devario in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 6, 2019.
Heteroscarus acroptilus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow Cale