FB-4974 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Scaridae Scarus Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868) Butiliang Greensnout parrotfish Parrotfish Pygmy parrotfish Spiny parrotfish Yellowhead parrotfish Yellow-head parrotfish bubute kakarawa Shiro-obi-budai Bayan Bayan muncung hijau Kalat Ketarap Perencong Fuga-a'au Loro Mulmol Aliyakyak Malunaw Molmol Mulmul Surufuruf 刺鸚嘴魚 刺鹦嘴鱼 鹦哥 Callyodon kelloggi Jordan & Seale, 1906 Callyodon kelloggii Jordan & Seale, 1906 Pseudoscarus spinus Kner, 1868 1992-02-07 2023-06-15 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Jordan, D.S. and A. Seale0 The fishes of Samoa: description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check list of the fishes of Oceania. Bull. Bur. Fish. 25:173-455. (Ref. 412) Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559) Wass, R.C.0 An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. Natl. Ocean. Atmos. Adminis. Tech. Rept., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Spec. Sci. Rept. Fish. (781). (Ref. 592) Kner, R.0 IV. Folge neuer Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Joh. Cäs. Godeffroy und Sohn in Hamburg. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 58:1-64 + 9 pls. (continuous pagination:293-355). (Ref. 1590) Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene0 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) Randall, J.E. and J.H. Choat0 Two new parrotfishes of the genus <i>Scarus</i> from the Central and South Pacific, with further examples of sexual dichromatism. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 70:383-419. (Ref. 2689) Herre, A.W.C.T. and A.F. Umali0 English and local common names of Philippine fishes. U. S. Dept. of Interior and Fish and Wildl. Serv. Circular No. 14, U. S. Gov't Printing Office, Washington. 128 p. (Ref. 2857) Smith, A. and P. Dalzell0 Fisheries resources and management investigations in Woleai Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Inshore Fish. Res. Proj., Tech. Doc., South Pacific Commission. Noumea, New Caledonia. 64 p. (Ref. 3807) Mohsin, A.K.M., M.A. Ambak and M.N.A. Salam0 Malay, English, and scientific names of the fishes of Malaysia. Occas. Publ. Fac. Fish. Mar. Sci. Univ. Pertanian Malays. 11:226 p. (Ref. 5756) Kailola, P.J.0 The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. II Scorpaenidae to Callionymidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 6192) Lieske, E. and R. Myers0 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) Bellwood, D.R.0 Scaridae. Parrotfishes. p. 3468-3492. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9793) Kulbicki, M., J.E. Randall and J. Rivaton0 Checklist of the fishes of the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea). Micronesica 27(1/2):1-43. (Ref. 11897) Kulbicki, M. and J.T. Williams0 Checklist of the shorefishes of Ouvea Atoll, New Caledonia. Atoll Res. Bull. 444:26 p. (Ref. 13236) Bellwood, D.R. and J.H. Choat0 A functional analysis of grazing in parrotfishes (family Scaridae): the ecological implications. Environ. Biol. Fishes 28(1-4):189-214. (Ref. 26993) Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak0 Marine fishes and fisheries of Malaysia and neighbouring countries. University of Pertanian Malaysia Press, Serdang, Malaysia. 744 p. (Ref. 27550) Randall, J.E.0 Randall's tank photos. Collection of 10,000 large-format photos (slides) of dead fishes. 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(Ref. 128797) Balisco, R.A.T., V.S. Ticzon, B.R. Samaniego, W.-C. Huang, B.J. Gonzales and T.-Y. Liao0 Marine fishes of Palawan, Philippines: species diversity, new records, and conservation status. Regional Studies in Marine Science 60(2023) 102825:1-10. (Ref. 130287) FB-pic-4974-2224 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1995-01-06 2010-07-09 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Scspi_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Scspi_u0.gif FB-pic-4974-35242 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2002-12-02 2002-12-15 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Scspi_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Scspi_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-02-07 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabits coral-rich areas of outer lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Usually solitary (Ref. 9710). Females usually in small groups with a male nearby; they may mix with females of similar species (Ref. 48636). An uncommon fish patchily distributed through much of its range. Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-02-15 00:00:00 2003-12-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Males distinct and head looks bright yellow underwater; females drab with white teeth and some pale spots (Ref. 48636). Scales large. 4 median predorsal scales; a transverse pair of smaller scales which overlap medially in mid-dorsal line located directly anterior to 1st median scale; 3 scale rows on cheek, lower row with 1-2 (usually 2) scales. Caudal fin slightly rounded to truncate in initial phase; moderately to deeply emarginate in terminal phase. Adults in initial phase without canines on upper plate, 1 on lower; terminal-phase fish with 1-2 canines on upper and lower plates. Lips largely or entirely cover dental plates. Randall, J.E. and J.H. Choat 1980 Two new parrotfishes of the genus <i>Scarus</i> from the Central and South Pacific, with further examples of sexual dichromatism. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 70:383-419. (Ref. 2689) FB-Morphology-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-02-15 00:00:00 2003-12-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 Randall, J.E. and J.H. Choat 1980 Two new parrotfishes of the genus <i>Scarus</i> from the Central and South Pacific, with further examples of sexual dichromatism. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 70:383-419. (Ref. 2689) FB-Distribution-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-02-07 00:00:00 2015-07-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean (Ref. 30874), then from the Philippines to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef. Randall, J.E. and J.H. Choat 1980 Two new parrotfishes of the genus <i>Scarus</i> from the Central and South Pacific, with further examples of sexual dichromatism. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 70:383-419. (Ref. 2689) FB-LifeCycle-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-07 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=4974&StockCode=5207 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2000-02-19 00:00:00 2018-05-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public spinus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Associated with seagrass (Ref. 118046). Bellwood, D.R. and J.H. Choat 1990 A functional analysis of grazing in parrotfishes (family Scaridae): the ecological implications. Environ. Biol. Fishes 28(1-4):189-214. (Ref. 26993) FB-Size-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-02-07 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)) Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Robbie N. Cada General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4974 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-02-07 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4974 reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 128797), usually 2 - 15 m (Ref. 37816) Coleman, R., J.M. Copus, D.M. Coffey, R.K. Whitton and B.W. Bowen 2018 Shifting reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient in Pohnpei, Micronesia. PeerJ, 6: e4650. (Ref. 128797) Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816)