| Accepted scientific name: |
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Chlorurus cyanescens (Valenciennes, 1840) (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Pseudoscarus chloromelas Günther, 1867 (synonym) |
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| Scarus cyanascens Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) |
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| Scarus cyanescens Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) |
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| Xanothon chloromelas (Günther, 1867) (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Blou ramkop-papegaaivis |
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Afrikaans |
South Africa |
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| Blue humphead parrotfish |
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English |
- |
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| Blue humphead parrotfish |
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English |
South Africa |
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| Saddled parrotfish |
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English |
Micronesia |
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| Perroquet bossu bleu |
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French |
France |
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| 青綠鸚嘴魚 |
Cing lyu ying zuei yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 青绿鹦嘴鱼 |
Qing lv ying zui yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 駝頸鸚嘴魚 |
Tuo jing ying zuei yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 驼颈鹦嘴鱼 |
Tuo jing ying zui yu |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| Papagaio corcunda azul |
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Portuguese |
Mozambique |
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| Loro cototo azul |
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Spanish |
Spain |
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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 |
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
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| Order |
Perciformes
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FishBase |
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| Family |
Scaridae
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FishBase |
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| Genus |
Chlorurus
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e302bd69-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Western Indian Ocean: known only from Natal (South Africa), Zanzibar (Tanzania), Madagascar, and Mauritius, but probably more widespread. |
| 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=7909
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:11a6a6c2-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401 |
