Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes > Family Scaridae > Subfamily Scarinae > Genus Scarus

Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scarus*	Forsskål, 1775	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: blue-barred parrotfish; bluechin parrotfish sources: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.;Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Israel (Hebrew): תוכינון sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: loro barbazul

Literature

basis of record	Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing.
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	Bock, K.R. (1975). Preliminary checklist of the fishes of the south bank, Kilifi Creek, Kenya. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 148.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (40 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GenBank (112 nucleotides; 143 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219127