Chlorurus

Chlorurus
Chlorurus perspicillatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Scaridae
Genus:	Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
Type species
Scarus gibbus Rüppell, 1829 [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [2]
Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 Xanothon J.L.B. Smith, 1956 Ypsiscarus Schultz, 1958

Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. ^{[3] [4]}

Etymology

The word 'Chlorurus' comes from the Greek words 'chloros', which means green and 'oura', which means tail.

Species

There are 18 species: ^[4]

• Chlorurus atrilunula (Randall & Bruce, 1983)
• Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)
• Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder, 1909)
• Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847)
• Chlorurus cyanescens (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacépède, 1802)
• Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Chlorurus genazonatus (Randall & Bruce, 1983)
• Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell, 1829)
• Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789)
• Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854)
• Chlorurus oedema (Snyder, 1909)
• Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879)
• Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson, 1997
• Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775)
• Chlorurus spilurus (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
• Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853)

Gallery

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  Chlorurus gibbus
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  Chlorurus japanensis
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  Chlorurus microrhinos

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chlorurus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 February 2020.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Scaridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 February 2020.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chlorurus Swainson, 1839". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chlorurus". FishBase . March 2018 version.