Scientific Name
Scarus psittacus  
Pronounce  
Scarus psittacus棕吻鸚哥魚
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author Forsskål, 1775 Depth 2 - 35M
Chinese 棕吻鸚哥魚 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 鸚哥魚科 Economic Fish Yes 
Family F414 Scaridae Edible Fish Yes  Chinese In Mainland China 棕吻鸚嘴魚 
Max Length 30 cm  Aquarium Fish Yes  Common Name 鸚哥、青衫(雄)、蠔魚(雌)、青蠔魚(澎湖) 
Distribution in World India Ocean to Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan East、South、PonFu、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.、Nan Sa IS. 
Habitats Coral、Coastal、Lagoon  Holotype Locality Red Sea 
Synonyms Callyodon bataviensis, Callyodon erythacus, Callyodon forsteri, Callyodon hornbosteli, Pseudocarus oktodon, Pseudoscarus filholi, Pseudoscarus forskalii, Pseudoscarus labiosus, Scarus balinensis, Scarus bataviensis, Scarus brunneus, Scarus forskalii, Scarus forsteri ...all 25..  
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);Fishbase(2006);Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002);Review and doubtful species of Scaridae of Taiwan(Liao et al., 2004)  Forsskål, P. 1775 Randall, J. E. etc. 1978 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Liao, U. C. etc. 2004 
Specimen List ASIZP0056304. ASIZP0056319. ASIZP0060721. ASIZP0060796. ASIZP0060803. ASIZP0061582. ASIZP0069968. ASIZP0072077. ASIZP0079054. ASIZP0803300. ASIZP0806745. ASIZP0806753. ASIZP0806765. ASIZP0900060. ASIZP0913300. ASIZP0916745. ASIZP0916753. ASIZP0916765. BPBMI22740. FRIP21506. FRIP22134. MTP0114. NMMBP02416. NMMBP04058. NMMBP04059. NMMBP04060. NMMBP05058. NMMBP05211. NMMBP06382. NMMBP06388. NMMBP06565. NMMBP06587. NMMBP06677. NMMBP06687. NTUM00037Paratype. NTUM04138. NTUM04139. ...List all 37 records... 
Barcode2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name Palenosed parrot; Palenose parrotfish; Common parrotfish; Batavian parrotfish 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
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