Species details : Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell, 1835)

Accepted scientific name:
Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell, 1835) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Calotomus viridescens  (Rüppell, 1835)
Synonyms:
Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon viridescens (Rüppell, 1835)
Calotomus spinidens (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Calotomus spinidens (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarus viridescens Rüppell, 1835
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Dotted parrotfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Viridescent parrotfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Viridescent parrotfish - English Philippines(Surigao City) Click here to show the literature
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Perroquet moiré - French France Click here to show the literature
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綠絢鸚嘴魚 Lyu syuan ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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绿绚鹦嘴鱼 Lv xuan ying zui yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Papagaio camaleao - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Loro camaleón - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Buntog - Surigaonon Philippines(Surigao City, Surigao del Norte) 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 Calotomus FishBase
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Red Sea, ranging from the Gulf of Aqaba to at least the coast of Ethiopia.
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=4358
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd92c08e-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401