Species details : Scarus festivus Valenciennes, 1840

Accepted scientific name:
Scarus festivus Valenciennes, 1840 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Scarus festivus  Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms:
Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon lunula Snyder, 1908
Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon verweyi de Beaufort, 1940
Margaritodon verweyi (de Beaufort, 1940) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Margaritodon verweyi (de Beaufort, 1940)
Scarus lunula (Snyder, 1908) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarus lunula (Snyder, 1908)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Halfmaan-papegaaivis - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Umash - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Festive parrotfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Festive parrotfish - English Christmas I. Click here to show the literature
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Festive parrotfish - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Festive parrotfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Festive parrotfish - English Niue Click here to show the literature
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Festive parrotfish - English Philippines(Surigao del Norte (Dapa; Surigao City)) Click here to show the literature
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Happy parrotfish - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Lunate parrotfish - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Perroquet tête - French France Click here to show the literature
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Tsukinowabudai - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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Bayan - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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新月鸚嘴魚 Sin yue ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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新月鹦嘴鱼 Xin yue ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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杂色鹦嘴鱼 Za se ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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横纹鹦哥鱼 Heng wen ying ge yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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橫紋鸚哥魚 Heng wun ying ge yu Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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雜色鸚嘴魚 Za se ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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鸚哥 Ying ge Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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鹦哥 Ying ge Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Papagaio festivo - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Molmol - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao City, Surigao del Norte) Click here to show the literature
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Moymoy - Surigaonon Philippines(Dapa, Surigao del Norte) Click here to show the literature
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Loro - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Mulmol - Tagalog Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Aliyakyak - Visayan Philippines Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Scaridae FishBase
Genus Scarus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island.
Lifezones: Brackish,marine
Additional data: In Cuvier & Valenciennes.
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5544
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fc265c03-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401