Scarus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Scarus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Scarus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Scarus
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.
...Scarus in languages:
- Chinese
- 鸚哥魚屬
- Japanese
- アオブダイ属
- Russian
- Скары
- Thai
- สกุล ปลานกแก้วสามัญ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Scarus altipinnis
- Scarus arabicus
- Scarus caudofasciatus
- Scarus chameleon
- Scarus chinensis
- Scarus coelestinus
- Scarus coeruleus
- Scarus collana
- Scarus compressus
- Scarus dimidiatus
- Scarus dubius
- Scarus falcipinnis
- Scarus ferrugineus
- Scarus festivus
- Scarus flavipectoralis
- Scarus forsteni
- Scarus frenatus
- Scarus fuscocaudalis
- Scarus fuscopurpureus
- Scarus ghobban
- Scarus globiceps
- Scarus gracilis
- Scarus guacamaia
- Scarus hoefleri
- Scarus hypselopterus
- Scarus iseri
- Scarus koputea
- Scarus longipinnis
- Scarus maculipinna
- Scarus niger
- Scarus obishime
- Scarus oviceps
- Scarus ovifrons
- Scarus perrico
- Scarus persicus
- Scarus prasiognathos
- Scarus psittacus
- Scarus quoyi
- Scarus rivulatus
- Scarus rubroviolaceus
- Scarus russelii
- Scarus scaber
- Scarus schlegeli
- Scarus spinus
- Scarus taeniopterus
- Scarus tricolor
- Scarus trispinosus
- Scarus vetula
- Scarus viridifucatus
- Scarus xanthopleura
- Scarus zelindae
- Scarus zufar































































































































































