| Accepted scientific name: |
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Scarus chameleon Choat & Randall, 1986 (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Scarus lunula (non Snyder, 1908) (misapplied name) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Chameleon parrotfish |
- |
English |
Australia |
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| Chameleon parrotfish |
- |
English |
Indonesia |
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| Chameleon parrotfish |
- |
English |
Micronesia |
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| Chameleon parrotfish |
- |
English |
Niue |
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| Chameleon parrotfish |
- |
English |
Philippines(Surigao del Norte (Cagdianao; Dapa; Surigao City)) |
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| 蓝臀鹦嘴鱼 |
Lan tun ying zui yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 藍臀鸚嘴魚 |
Lan tun ying zuei yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| Molmol |
- |
Surigaonon |
Philippines(Surigao City, Surigao del Norte) |
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| Moy-moy |
- |
Surigaonon |
Philippines(Cagdianao, Surigao del Norte) |
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| Moymoy |
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Surigaonon |
Philippines(Dapa, Surigao del Norte) |
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| Loro |
- |
Tagalog |
Philippines(Zambales) |
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| Mulmol |
- |
Tagalog |
Philippines |
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| Aliyakyak |
- |
Visayan |
Philippines |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17954-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Perciformes
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17b39-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Scaridae
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b3038c-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Scarus
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2f35008-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island (Ref. 30874) and Western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island. |
| Lifezones: |
Marine |
| Additional data: |
-
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
19-May-2014 |
| Source database: |
FishBase, Jan 2015
99%
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| 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=5543
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fc2662b5-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401 |
