Scatophagus
Sign in to saveScatophagus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Scatophagidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Species in this genus are referred as spotted scats.
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It sits within the topics Perciformes genera, Scatophagus and Taxa named by Georges Cuvier.
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Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyScatophagidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 48
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Scatophagidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, USNM, YPM, CAS, CUMV, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, India, Vanuatu, Australia, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scatophagidae
- Image
- Scatophagus argus (Wroclaw zoo)-2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Scatophagus
- taxon name
- Scatophagus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Scatophagus
- taxon author citation
- Cuvier, 1831
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Encyclopedic overview
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Scatophagus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Scatophagidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Species in this genus are referred as spotted scats.
==Taxonomy== Scatophagus was first formally described as a genus in 1831 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with Chaetodon argus which had been described from India by Linnaeus in 1766 later designated as the type species. The genus name is a compound of skatos meaning "dung" and phaga which means to eat, a reference to this species purported taste for human faeces.
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