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- Title
On the Red Sea parrotfishes of Forsskål, Scarus psittacus and S. ferrugineus.
- Authors
RANDALL, JOHN E.; ORMOND, RUPERT F. G.
- Abstract
There has been confusion over the identity of two of the original six species of parrotfish described from the Red Sea by Forsskål (1775)- Scarus psittacus and S. ferrugineus. The former of these is significant as the type species of Scarus. A study of the Red Sea scarids indicates that Forsskål's descriptions apply to two common species of Red Sea parrotfish. S. psittacus is the wide-ranging Indo-Pacific species currently recognised as S. forsteri Valenciennes, which is a senior synonym of S. forskalii Klunzinger, S. bataviensis Bleeker and Xanothon canifanus Smith. The description of Scarsus ferrugineus is that of the primary (female) phase of a species which may be endemic to the Red Sea area. This phase has also been described in Cuvier and Valenciennes as S. aeruginosus, while the terminal (male) phase is described there as S. coerulescens. S. marshalli is also a junior synonym based on the terminal phase. For both. S. psittacus and S. ferrugineus a neotype is selected and a new description and illustrations are provided.
- Publication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1978, Vol 63, Issue 3, p239
- ISSN
0024-4082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1096-3642.1978.tb02561.x