Scarus ferrugineus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Scaridae
Subfamilia: Scarinae
Genus: Scarus
Species: Scarus ferrugineus

Name

Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775

Neotype: BPBM 18158. Neotype selected by Randall & Ormond 1978:245. Type catalog: Fricke 2008:50.

Type locality: Dahab, northwestern coast of Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 12 meters.

Synonyms

Scarus aeruginosus Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus caerulescens Valenciennes, 1840
Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann & Räuber 1877
Scarus marshalli Schultz, 1958

References

Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis terras per annos 1772 1773 et 1774 suscepto. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164, map.
Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1840. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatorzième. Suite du livre seizième. Labroïdes. Livre dix-septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris. v. 14: i–xxii + 2 pp. + 1–464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389–420. BHL [Valenciennes authored volume. i–xx + 1–344 in Strasbourg edition. Published as 1839.] Reference page.
Kossmann, R.A. & Räuber, H. 1877. Fische. Wissenschftliche Reise in die Küstengebiete des Rothen Meeres. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg v. 1: 378-420, Pl. 3–4. ZooBank: 9FE62E4B-3879-45F8-918F-CC7CC3EB7012 Reference page.
Schultz, L.P. 1958. Review of the parrotfishes family Scaridae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 214: i–v + 1–143, Pls. 1–27. BHL Reference page. [See page 88.]
Randall, J.E. & Ormond, F.G. 1978. On the Red Sea parrotfishes of Forsskål, Scarus psittacus and S. ferrugineus. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 63(3): 239–248. Reference page.
Fricke, R. 2008. Authorship, availability and validity of fish names described by Peter (Pehr) Simon Forsskål and Johann Christian Fabricius in the 'Descriptiones animalium' by Carsten Niebuhr in 1775 (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 1: 1–76. ResearchGate Reference page. [See page 50.]

Additional references

Bellwood, D.R. 2001. Family Scaridae. In: Carpenter & Niem 2001. Species identification guide for fishery purposes. Bony fishes part 4. 6: 3468–3492, Pls. VI–XIV.

Links

Scarus ferrugineus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 7, 2021.
Scarus ferrugineus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Rostpapageienfisch
English: Rusty parrotfish
français: Poisson-perroquet rouillé
italiano: Pesce papagallo rugginoso