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Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775

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Forsskål, Peter. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Mölleri apud Heineck et Faber, Hauniæ.: 1-20, i-xxxiv, 1-164, map.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Perciformes
family
Scaridae
genus
Scarus
species
Scarus ghobban

Name

Synonyms
Callyodon apridentatus Smith, 1956
Callyodon dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840)
Callyodon fuscocuneus Fowler, 1935
Callyodon ghobban (Forsskål, 1775)
Callyodon guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Callyodon pyrrostethus (Richardson, 1846)
Callyodon speigleri Smith, 1956
Hemistoma reticulata (Swainson, 1839)
Pseudoscarus californiensis Pellegrin, 1901
Pseudoscarus cantori Bleeker, 1861
Pseudoscarus flavipinnis De Vis, 1885
Pseudoscarus garretti Günther, 1909
Pseudoscarus natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909
Pseudoscarus nudirostris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
Pseudoscarus papuensis Macleay, 1883
Scarus apridentatus Smith
Scarus azureus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
Scarus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus fehlmanni Schultz, 1969
Scarus ghoban Forsskål, 1775
Homonyms
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Common names
Aliyakyak in language.
Angol in language.
Asul in language.
Babbegha in Arabic
Bataan in language.
Batagon in language.
Batu in Malay
Bayan in Malay
Bayan in Malay
Bayan belang biru in Malay
Bloubalk-papegaaivis in Afrikaans
Blue barred parrotfish in English
Blue trim parrotfish in English
Blue-barred orange parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Blue-barred parrotfish in English
Bluebarred parrotfish in English
Bluebarred parrotfish in English
Bluebarred parrotfish in English
Bluechin parrotfish in English
Blåbåndet papegøjefisk in Danish
Bodoloha in Malagasy
Bon-ak in language.
Bungalog in language.
Bunog na angol in language.
Buyos in language.
Ca mo lua in Vietnamese
Cateau in language.
Cateau bleu in language.
Chandi in Malayalam
Cheloptechukl in language.
Cream parrotfish in English
Cá Mó vệt xanh in Vietnamese
Ditun in language.
Eleptechukl in language.
Feen in Arabic
Fihambazaha in Malagasy
Flame-breasted parrot-fish in English
Fuga-alova in Samoan
Gain in Arabic
Gain in Arabic
Galokilaha in language.
Gen in Arabic

Bibliographic References

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  2. Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711. 10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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  8. Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312.
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  10. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  12. Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall, 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68. 97.
  13. Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em>
  14. Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. <em>Immel Publishing.</em>
  15. Randall, John E., and Robin W. Bruce, 1983: The Parrotfishes of the Subfamily Scarinae of the Western Indian Ocean with Descriptions of three New Species. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 47. 39.
  16. Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453.
  17. Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453.
  18. Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493. 10.12681/mms.87
  19. Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493. 10.12681/mms.87
  20. Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118.
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