Species details : Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879)

Accepted scientific name:
Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Chlorurus perspicillatus  (Steindachner, 1879)
Synonyms:
Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarus ahula Jenkins, 1901
Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarus perspicillatus Steindachner, 1879
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Spectacled parrot - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Spectacled parrotfish - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Spectacled parrotfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Uhu'ahu'ula - Hawaiian Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Uhu-uliuli - Hawaiian Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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壮绿鹦嘴鱼 Zhuang lv ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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壮鹦嘴鱼 Zhuang ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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壯綠鸚嘴魚 Jhuang lyu ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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壯鸚嘴魚 Jhuang ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China 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 Chlorurus FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Hawaiian Islands. Have recently been reported from Johnston and Midway islands (Ref. 28618, 28620). Forms a hybrid with Chlorurus sordidus documented with having intermediate color pattern, cheek scale count, and DNA analysis (Ref. 57558).
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
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=7829
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:254e67d4-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401