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Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775

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Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCallyodon apridentatus Smith, 1956
synonymCallyodon dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840)
synonymCallyodon fuscocuneus Fowler, 1935
synonymCallyodon ghobban (Forsskål, 1775)
synonymCallyodon guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymCallyodon speigleri Smith, 1956
synonymHemistoma reticulata (Swainson, 1839)
synonymPseudoscarus californiensis Pellegrin, 1901
synonymPseudoscarus cantori Bleeker, 1861
synonymPseudoscarus flavipinnis De Vis, 1885
synonymPseudoscarus garretti Günther, 1909
synonymPseudoscarus natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1909
synonymPseudoscarus nudirostris Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
synonymPseudoscarus papuensis Macleay, 1883
synonymScarus azureus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
synonymScarus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840
synonymScarus fehlmanni Schultz, 1969
synonymScarus ghoban Forsskål, 1775
synonymScarus guttatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymScarus haridoides Bleeker, 1855
synonymScarus lacerta Valenciennes, 1840
synonymScarus maculosus Lacepède, 1802
synonymScarus magrathii Bennett, 1841
synonymScarus noyesi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
synonymScarus pepo Bennett, 1830
synonymScarus pyrrostethus australianus Paradice, 1927
synonymScarus pyrrostethus Richardson, 1846
synonymScarus reticulata Swainson, 1839
synonymScarus scabriusculus Valenciennes, 1840
synonymScarus toshi Whitley, 1933
🗒 Common Names
Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian
  • Landae
Malayalam
  • Chandi
  • ചണ്ടി
  • ചാണ്ടി
Other
  • Landae
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Marine
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
Contributors 
Thomas Vattakaven
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
    Description
    Distinctive yellow and blue-barred primary phase; terminal phase resembles that of S. forsteni.
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Life Cycle
    Sex change occurs at 29.0 cm TL and 7 years of age .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Allsop, D.J. and S.A. West 2003 Constant relative age and size at sex change for sequentially hermaphroditic fish. J. Evol. Biol. 16(2003):921-929.
    Size
    Max Length

    90 TL (unsexed) 

    Size

    90.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; ); max. reported age: 13 years

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Sousa, M.I. and M. Dias 1981 Catalogo de peixes de Moçambique - Zona Sul. Instituto de Desenvolvimento Pesqueiro, Maputo. 121 p. Grandcourt, E.M. 2002 Demographic characteristics of a selection of exploited reef fish from the Seychelles: preliminary study. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 53:123-130.
    Trophic Strategy
    Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs , in slopes and drop-offs . Males common in atolls where they live mainly around the inner and outer edges of barrier reefs at depths of about 30 ft; females prefer deeper habitat . Small juveniles inshore on algae reef habitat. Enters silty, murky environments . Adults solitary (but may sometimes occur in small groups), juveniles in groups . Feeds by scraping algae from rocks and corals . Roving hervivore .
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Sano, M., M. Shimizu and Y. Nose 1984 Food habits of teleostean reef fishes in Okinawa Island, southern Japan. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan. 128 p.
    No Data
    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat

    Habitat

    Marine
    Marine
    Habitat reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 3 - 36 m
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Humann, P. and N. Deloach 1993 Reef fish identification. Galapagos. New World Publications, Inc., Florida. 267 p.
    Description
    Remark

    Found in the Gulf of Mannavius, Manopian area, Laccadives and coastal areas of India

    Occurrence

    native 

    Distribution

    Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and Algoa Bay, South Africa to Rapa and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Perth, New South Wales. Likely at Seychelles . Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Ecuador . Eastern Mediterranean: off the coast of Shiqmona, first Lessepsian immigrant of Family Scaridae .

    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
    No Data
    📚 Occurrence
    No Data
    📚 Demography and Conservation
    Conservation Status

    IUCN Red List Category

    Least Concern
    Least Concern
    Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    No Data
    📚 Uses and Management
    Uses
    fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=5548, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
    1. Wantiez, L. 1993 Les poissons des fonds meubles du lagon Nord et de la Baie de Saint-Vincent de Nouvelle-Caledonie: Description des peuplements, structure et fonctionnement des communautes. Ph.D. Thesis, Universite d" Aix-Marseille II, France. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess"s atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p.
    No Data
    📚 Information Listing
    References
    Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
    1. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
    Overview > Diagnostic > Description
    1. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
    Natural History > Life Cycle
    1. Allsop, D.J. and S.A. West 2003 Constant relative age and size at sex change for sequentially hermaphroditic fish. J. Evol. Biol. 16(2003):921-929.
    Natural History > Size
    1. Sousa, M.I. and M. Dias 1981 Catalogo de peixes de Moçambique - Zona Sul. Instituto de Desenvolvimento Pesqueiro, Maputo. 121 p. Grandcourt, E.M. 2002 Demographic characteristics of a selection of exploited reef fish from the Seychelles: preliminary study. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 53:123-130.
    Natural History > Trophic Strategy
    1. Sano, M., M. Shimizu and Y. Nose 1984 Food habits of teleostean reef fishes in Okinawa Island, southern Japan. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan. 128 p.
    Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
    1. Humann, P. and N. Deloach 1993 Reef fish identification. Galapagos. New World Publications, Inc., Florida. 267 p.
    Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
    1. Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
    Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
    1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
    Uses and Management > Uses
    1. Wantiez, L. 1993 Les poissons des fonds meubles du lagon Nord et de la Baie de Saint-Vincent de Nouvelle-Caledonie: Description des peuplements, structure et fonctionnement des communautes. Ph.D. Thesis, Universite d" Aix-Marseille II, France. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess"s atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p.

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    📚 Meta data
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    🐾 Taxonomy
    RootRoot
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassActinopterygii
    OrderPerciformes
    FamilyScaridae
    GenusScarus
    SpeciesScarus ghobban Forsskål 1775
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