Biology:Scarus prasiognathos
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Short description: Species of fish
| Scarus prasiognathos | |
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| Scarus prasiognathos (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. prasiognathos
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| Binomial name | |
| Scarus prasiognathos Valenciennes, 1840
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Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.[2]
This species was first formally described in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago.[3]
immature juvenile
initial phase (female)
final phase (male)
References
- ↑ Allen, G. (2012). "Scarus prasiognathos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T154676A17898392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T154676A17898392.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154676/17898392. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Scarus prasiognathos" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Scarus prasiognathos". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=17353.
Wikidata ☰ Q1043707 entry
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