Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.[2]
| Scarus prasiognathos | |
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| Scarus prasiognathos (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. prasiognathos
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| Binomial name | |
| Scarus prasiognathos Valenciennes, 1840
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This species was first formally described in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago.[3]
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immature juvenile -
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final phase (male)
References
edit- ^ Allen, G. (2012). "Scarus prasiognathos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T154676A17898392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T154676A17898392.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scarus prasiognathos". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Scarus prasiognathos". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 February 2019.