Scientific Name	Chlorurus japanensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bloch, 1789)	Depth	2 - 20M
Chinese	日本綠鸚哥魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鸚哥魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F414　Scaridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本綠鸚嘴魚
Max Length	31 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	鸚哥、青衫(雄)、菜仔魚(雌)、海帶鸚哥(臺東)、豪魚(雌魚)(澎湖)
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、PonFu、LanI Is.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Callyodon abacurus, Callyodon blochi, Callyodon japanensis, Callyodon pyrrhurus, Chlorurus japonensis, Chlorurus pyrrhurus, Scarus blochii, Scarus capistratoides, Scarus japanensis, Scarus pyrrhurus, Scarus viridis, Xanothon capistratoides
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)  Bloch, M. E. 1789 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Liao, U. C. etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0056276. ASIZP0056277. ASIZP0060637. ASIZP0060811. ASIZP0060814. ASIZP0076115. ASIZP0806771. ASIZP0806774. ASIZP0807033. ASIZP0916771. ASIZP0916774. ASIZP0917033. FRIP21076. FRIP21562. FRIP21597. NMMBP02379. NMMBP06282.
Barcode	2016-01-27,HAN-YANG,CO1,100%
Common Name	Pale bullethead parrotfish; Palecheek parrotfish; Japanese parrotfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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