Chlorurus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Scaridae
Genus: Chlorurus
Species: C. atrilunula - C. bleekeri - C. bowersi - C. capistratoides - C. cyanescens - C. enneacanthus - C. frontalis - C. genazonatus - C. gibbus - C. japanensis - C. microrhinos - C. oedema - C. perspicillatus - C. rhakoura - C. sordidus - C. strongylocephalus - C. troschelii

[edit] Name

Chlorurus Swainson, 1839:(173) 227

Type species: Scarus gibbus Rüppell, 1829. Type by monotypy.

[edit] References

• Swainson, W. 1839: The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London. 2: i-vi + 1-448.
• Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood, & S.A. Karl 2002: Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: biogeography, ecomorphology, and comparative diversity. Ecology, 56(5): 961-971

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