- Title
- The parrotfishes of the subfamily Scarinae of the Western Indian Ocean with descriptions of three new species
- Title
- Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 47
- Creator
- Randall, John E, 1924-
- Creator
- Bruce, Robin W
- Date Issued
- 1983
- Date
- 1983
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:15013
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019747
- Identifier
- ISSN 0073-4381
- Identifier
- Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 47
- Description
- The following 26 previously described species of Parrotfishes of the subfamily Scarinae are found in the Indian Ocean west of the southern tip of India (listed in the parentheses are the range, when restricted to some part of the western Indian Ocean, and junior synonyms not previously documented): Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes) (Callyodon shimoniensis Smith is a synonym); Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell) (Scarus roseiceps Valenciennes is a synonym); Hipposcarus harid (Forsskal) [H. longiceps (Valenciennes) is a closely related allopatric species from the Pacific]; Scarus arabicus (Steindachner) (southern Arabian Peninsula and Gulf of Oman; only two specimens known); Scarus capistratoides Bleeker; Scarus caudofasciatus (Gunther) (Callyodon rubrofasciatus Smith is a synonym); Scarus collana Rüppell (a Red Sea endemic; Pseudoscarus ismailius Kossmann and Rauber and S. ghardaqensis Bebars are synonyms); Scarus cyanescens Valenciennes (Pseudoscarus chloromelas Playfair and Gunther is a synonym); Scarus enneacanthus Lacepede; Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair) (Callyodon pindae Smith and C. improvisus Smith are synonyms); Scarus ferrugineus Forsskal (Red Sea and Gulf of Aden; Pseudoscarus augustinus Kossmann and Rauber is a synonym); Scarus festivus Valenciennes (Callyodon lunula Snyder is a synonym); Scarus frenatus Lacepede; Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger) (Red Sea to Gulf of Oman; Pseudoscarus collana var. eques an Steindachner is a synonym); Scarus ghobban Forsskal (5. lacerta Valenciennes, Callyodon speigleri Smith, and S. fehlmanni Schultz are synonyms), Scarus gibbus Rüppell (Pseudoscarus frontalis Macleay is a synonym and a homonym); Scarus globiceps Valenciennes (S. lepidus Jenyns is a synonym); Scarus niger Forsskal (Pseudoscarus madagascariensis Steindachner is a synonym); Scarus prasiognathos Valenciennes (Maldive Islands appear to the westernmost record; S. chlorodon Jenyns, 5. Singaporensis Bleeker and S. janthochir Bleeker are synonyms); Scarus psittacus Forsskal (5. hertit [Ehrenberg] Valenciennes in C. & V., S. venosus Valenciennes, and S. taeniurus Valenciennes are synonyms); Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker (.Pseudoscarus rostratus Gunther is a synonym and a homonym); Scarus russelii Valenciennes (Xanothon fowled Smith is a synonym; initial phase often misidentified as S. venosus)’, Scarus scaber Valenciennes; Scarus sordidus Forsskal (S. spilurus Valenciennes is a synonym, and S. purpureus Valenciennes a synonym and homonym); Scarus tricolor Bleeker (Callyodon mus Smith and C. urbanus Smith are synonyms; initial phase often misidentified as S. Lepidus and the terminal phase as S. pectoralis or S. cyanognathos)’, Scarus viridifucatus (Smith) (Callyodon malindiensis Smith is a synonym), a close relative of S. spinus of the Pacific. Three new species of Scarus are described: S. atrilunula, from Kenya, is in the sordidus complex (initial phase was misidentified as rhoduropterus and the terminal male as capistratoides by Smith, 1956, 1959; S. genazonatus from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, also related to S. sordidus, differing chiefly in colour (the most distinctive colour marking of the terminal male is a broad stripe on lower cheek); and S. persicus from the Persian Gulf appears to be related to S. ferrugineus (initial phase light brownish-grey with two rows of small whitish spots on side, and median fin and pelvic fins edged in blue; terminal male similar to that of ferrugineus but with a blackish bar in middle of body). Colour photographs of fresh specimens of all 29 species are presented. Initial and terminal-phase adults are illustrated for most species, and juveniles for some.
- Description
- Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Format
- [ii], 1-19, [vi] col plates, 20-39; ill; 28 cm
- Format
- Format
- Online version of original print version of the Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 47
- Publisher
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ichthyological bulletin (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology)
- Rights
- Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Rights
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