Poole, Karen E.
Scarus
Sign in to saveScarus is a genus of parrotfishes. With 52 currently recognised extant species, it is by far the largest parrotfish genus. The vast majority are found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific, but a small number of species are found in the warmer parts of the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic, with a single species, Scarus hoefleri in the eastern Atlantic.
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KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderEupercaria incertae sedis
- FamilyLabridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,598
- With media
- 74
- Family
- Scaridae
- Collections
- UWFC, ECOSUR, TCWC, CUMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM
- Recorded in
- Solomon Islands, Mexico, United States, New Caledonia, Cuba, Jamaica, Marshall Islands, Trinidad And Tobago
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- Evolution
- Description
- Sexual dichromatism
- Ecology
- Species
- In political thought
- References
Scarus is a genus of parrotfishes. With 52 currently recognised extant species, it is by far the largest parrotfish genus. The vast majority are found at reefs in the Indo-Pacific, but a small number of species are found in the warmer parts of the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic, with a single species, Scarus hoefleri in the eastern Atlantic.
The genus name Scarus comes from the Greek word σκάρος (skáros), which refers to parrotfishes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scarus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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