Species details : Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Accepted scientific name:
Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Calotomus carolinus  (Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms:
Callyodon brachysoma Bleeker, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon brachysoma Bleeker, 1861
Callyodon carolinus Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon carolinus Valenciennes, 1840
Callyodon genistriatus Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon genistriatus Valenciennes, 1840
Callyodon sandwicensis Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Callyodon sandwicensis Valenciennes, 1840
Calotomus irradians Jenkins, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Calotomus irradians Jenkins, 1901
Calotomus sandvicensis (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Calotomus sandvicensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Calotomus sandwicensis (Valenciennes, 1840) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Calotomus sandwicensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Calotomus snyderi Jenkins, 1903 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Calotomus snyderi Jenkins, 1903
Calotomus spinidens (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Calotomus spinidens (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Calotomus xenodon Gilbert, 1890 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Calotomus xenodon Gilbert, 1890
Cryptotomus albimarginatus Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1961 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cryptotomus albimarginatus Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1961
Cryptotomus spinidens (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Cryptotomus spinidens (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Leptoscarus brachysoma (Bleeker, 1861) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Leptoscarus brachysoma (Bleeker, 1861)
Leptoscarus vaigiensis (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Leptoscarus vaigiensis (non Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Scarichthys rarotongae Seale, 1906 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarichthys rarotongae Seale, 1906
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Kersfees-papegaaivis - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Limesifelang - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Tibulangir - Carolinian Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Bucktooth - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Bucktooth parrot fish - English Niue Click here to show the literature
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Bucktooth parrotfish - English Guam Click here to show the literature
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Carolines parrotfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Carolines parrotfish - English Papua New Guinea Click here to show the literature
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Christmas parrotfish - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Stareye parrot - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Stareye parrotfish - English West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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Stareye parrotfish - English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Stareye parrotfish - English Micronesia Click here to show the literature
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Starry-eye parrotfish - English Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Perroquet des Carolines - French - Click here to show the literature
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Poisson-perroquet vineux - French Maldives Click here to show the literature
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Uvu raungali - Gela West Nggela Click here to show the literature
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卡罗鹦鲤 Ka luo ying li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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卡羅鸚鯉 Ka luo ying li Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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星眼絢鸚嘴魚 Sing yan syuan ying zuei yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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星眼绚鹦嘴鱼 Xing yan xuan ying zui 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 das Carolinas - Portuguese Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Fuga-valea - Samoan Samoa Click here to show the literature
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Loro de Carolinas - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Perico de diente verde - Spanish Mexico(Pacific Coast.) Click here to show the literature
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Pono - Swahili (individual language) Tanzania Click here to show the literature
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Pono kasiki - Swahili (individual language) Kenya(Mombasa and Mtwapa area) Click here to show the literature
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Mulmol - Tagalog 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 Calotomus FishBase
Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: widest ranging member of the genus, from East Africa to the Revillagigedo and Galapagos islands. Replaced by Calotomus viridescens in the Red Sea (Ref. 37816). Presence in Somalia to be confirmed (Ref. 30573).
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=4355
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd92c5c9-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401