Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Scaridae -- Parrotfishes
   Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Green Humphead Parrotfish
   Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Carolines Parrotfish
   Calotomus japonicus (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Japanese Parrotfish
   Calotomus spinidens (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) -- Spinytooth Parrotfish
   Calotomus viridescens (Rüppell, 1835) -- Viridescent Parrotfish
   Calotomus zonarchus (Jenkins, 1903) -- Yellowbar Parrot
   Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell, 1829) -- Bicolour Parrotfish
   Chlorurus atrilunula (Randall and Bruce, 1983) -- Bluemoon Parrotfish
   Chlorurus bleekeri (De Beaufort, 1940) -- Bleekers Parrotfish
   Chlorurus bowersi (Snyder, 1909) -- Bowers Parrotfish
   Chlorurus capistratoides (Bleeker, 1847)
   Chlorurus cyanescens (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Blue Humphead Parrotfish
   Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacepede, 1802) -- Captain Parrotfish
   Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Tan-faced Parrotfish
   Chlorurus genazonatus (Randall and Bruce, 1983) -- Sinai Parrotfish
   Chlorurus gibbus (Rüppell, 1829) -- Heavybeak Parrotfish
   Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789) -- Palecheek Parrotfish
   Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854)
   Chlorurus oedema (Snyder, 1909) -- Knothead Parrotfish
   Chlorurus perspicillatus (Steindachner, 1879) -- Spectacled Parrotfish
   Chlorurus pyrrhurus (Jordan and Seale, 1906)
   Chlorurus rhakoura Randall and Anderson, 1997
   Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) -- Daisy Parrotfish
   Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1854) -- Indian Ocean Steephead Parrotfish
   Chlorurus troschelii (Bleeker, 1853) -- Troschels Parrotfish
   Cryptotomus roseus Cope, 1871 -- Bluelip Parrotfish
   Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775) -- Candelamoa Parrotfish
   Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Pacific Longnose Parrotfish
   Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) -- Marbled Parrotfish
   Nicholsina denticulata (Evermann and Radcliffe, 1917) -- Loosetooth Parrotfish
   Nicholsina usta_collettei Schultz, 1968
   Nicholsina usta_usta (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Emerald Parrotfish
   Scarus altipinnis (Steindachner, 1879) -- Filament-finned Parrotfish
   Scarus arabicus (Steindachner, 1902) -- Arabian Parrotfish
   Scarus caudofasciatus (Gunther, 1862) -- Redbarred Parrotfish
   Scarus chameleon Choat and Randall, 1986 -- Chameleon Parrotfish
   Scarus chinensis (Steindachner, 1867)
   Scarus coelestinus Valenciennes, 1840 -- Midnight Parrotfish
   Scarus coeruleus (Bloch, 1786) -- Blue Parrotfish
   Scarus collana Rüppell, 1835 -- Red Sea Parrotfish
   Scarus compressus (Osburn and Nichols, 1916) -- Azure Parrotfish
   Scarus dimidiatus Bleeker, 1859 -- Yellowbarred Parrotfish
   Scarus dubius Bennett, 1828 -- Regal Parrot
   Scarus falcipinnis (Playfair, 1868) -- Sicklefin Parrotfish
   Scarus ferrugineus Forsskål, 1775 -- Rusty Parrotfish
   Scarus festivus Valenciennes, 1840 -- Festive Parrotfish
   Scarus flavipectoralis Schultz, 1958 -- Yellowfin Parrotfish
   Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861) -- Forstens Parrotfish
   Scarus frenatus Lacepede, 1802 -- Bridled Parrotfish
   Scarus fuscocaudalis Randall and Myers, 2000 -- Darktail Parrotfish
   Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger, 1871) -- Purple-brown Parrotfish
   Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 -- Blue-barred Parrotfish
   Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 -- Globehead Parrotfish
   Scarus gracilis (Steindachner, 1869)
   Scarus guacamaia Cuvier, 1829 -- Rainbow Parrotfish
   Scarus hoefleri (Steindachner, 1881) -- Guinean Parrotfish
   Scarus hypselopterus Bleeker, 1853 -- Yellow-tail Parrotfish
   Scarus iseri (Bloch, 1789) -- Striped Parrotfish
   Scarus koputea Randall and Choat, 1980 -- Marquesan Parrotfish
   Scarus longipinnis Randall and Choat, 1980 -- Highfin Parrotfish
   Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775 -- Dusky Parrotfish
   Scarus obishime Randall and Earle, 1993
   Scarus oviceps Valenciennes, 1840 -- Dark Capped Parrotfish
   Scarus ovifrons Temminck and Schlegel, 1846 -- Knobsnout Parrotfish
   Scarus perrico Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Bumphead Parrotfish
   Scarus persicus Randall and Bruce, 1983 -- Gulf Parrotfish
   Scarus prasiognathos Valenciennes, 1840 -- Singapore Parrotfish
   Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 -- Common Parrotfish
   Scarus quoyi Valenciennes, 1840 -- Quoys Parrotfish
   Scarus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840 -- Rivulated Parrotfish
   Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, 1847 -- Ember Parrotfish
   Scarus russelii Valenciennes, 1840 -- Eclipse Parrotfish
   Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840 -- Fivesaddle Parrotfish
   Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861) -- Yellowband Parrotfish
   Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868) -- Greensnout Parrotfish
   Scarus taeniopterus Desmarest, 1831 -- Princess Parrotfish
   Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847 -- Tricolour Parrotfish
   Scarus trispinosus Valenciennes, 1840
   Scarus vetula Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- Queen Parrotfish
   Scarus viridifucatus (Smith, 1956) -- Roundhead Parrotfish
   Scarus xanthopleura Bleeker, 1853 -- Red Parrotfish
   Scarus zelindae Moura, Figueiredo and Sazima, 2001
   Scarus zufar Randall and Hoover, 1995 -- Dhofar Parrotfish
   Sparisoma amplum (Ranzani, 1842)
   Sparisoma atomarium (Poey, 1861) -- Greenblotch Parrotfish
   Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Redband Parrotfish
   Sparisoma axillare (Steindachner, 1878)
   Sparisoma chrysopterum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Redtail Parrotfish
   Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Parrotfish
   Sparisoma frondosum (Agassiz, 1831)
   Sparisoma griseorubrum Cervigón, 1982
   Sparisoma radians (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Bucktooth Parrotfish
   Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840) -- Redfin Parrotfish
   Sparisoma strigatum (Gunther, 1862) -- Strigate Parrotfish
   Sparisoma tuiupiranga Gasparini, Joyeux and Floeter, 2003
   Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre, 1788) -- Stoplight Parrotfish

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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