Scarus iseri Striped parrotfish

Scarus iseriis commonly referred to as Striped parrotfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 276052

Scientific:: Scarus iseri
German:: Gestreifter Papageifisch
English:: Striped Parrotfish

Category:: Parrotfishes

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Scaridae (Family) > Scarus (Genus) > iseri (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bloch, ), 1789

Occurrence:: Suriname, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 3 - 25 Meter
Size:: 7.09" - 13.78" (18cm - 35cm)
Temperature:: 73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C)
Food:: Algae, Aquatic plant, Sea weed
Tank:: 439.96 gal (~ 2000L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2011-01-05 09:21:17
Last edit:: 2011-01-05 09:21:17

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(Bloch, 1789)

Scarus iseri found over shallow, clear waters, generally over Thalassia beds.

Synonyms:
Calliodon lineatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Callyodon iseri Bloch, 1789
Callyodon margarita Fowler, 1917
Scarus alternans Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus aracanga Günther, 1862
Scarus croicensis Bloch, 1790
Scarus diadema Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus flavomarginatus Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus insulaesanctaecrucis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Scarus iserti (Bloch, 1789)
Scarus punctulatus Valenciennes, 1840

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