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Scarus ovifrons Knobsnout parrotfish

Scarus ovifronsis commonly referred to as Knobsnout parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Izuzuki Diver, Satoshi Yamamoto, Japan

Foto: Izu Ocean Park, Japan, September 2015, 8Meter


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lexID:
10850 
AphiaID:
276056 
Scientific:
Scarus ovifrons 
German:
Papageifisch 
English:
Knobsnout Parrotfish 
Category:
Parrotfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarus (Genus) > ovifrons (Species) 
Initial determination:
Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, China, Corea, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands 
Sea depth:
8 - 25 Meter 
Size:
27.56" - 35.43" (70cm - 90cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 77 °F (22°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Algae 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Data deficient (DD) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-06-26 11:59:23 

Info

Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarinae (Subfamily) > Scarus (Genus) > Scarus ovifrons (Species)

Scientific paper

  1. LC-MS/MS analysis of palytoxin analogues in blue humphead parrotfish Scarus ovifrons causing human poisoning in Japan, Suzuki, Toshiyuki; Watanabe, Ryuichi; Matsushima, Ryoji; Ishihara, Kenji; Uchida, Hajime; Kikutsugi, Saori; Harada, Tomoko; Nagai, Hiroshi; Adachi, Masao; Yasumoto, Takeshi; Murata, Masakazu , 2013
  2. Ostreopsis sp., a possible origin of palytoxin (PTX) in parrotfish Scarus ovifrons, Shigeto Taniyama; Osamu Arakawa; Masamitsu Terada; Sachio Nishio; Tomohiro Takatani; Yahia Mahmud; Tamao Noguchi, 2003
  3. Occurrence of a water soluble toxin in a parrotfish (Ypsiscarus ovifrons) which is probably responsible for parrotfish liver poisoning, Nobuhiro Fusetani; Shigeru Sato; Kanehisa Hashimoto, 1985

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Izuzuki Diver, Satoshi Yamamoto (jp). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Juvenile

Foto: Izu Ocean Park, Japan, September 2015, 8Meter

Male

Foto: Izu Ocean Park, Japan, März 204, 5 Meter

Female

Foto: Osezaki, Japan 09/ 2016, 13 Meter Tiefe

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