Scarus maculipinna

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine [1].

Ecology: This species is not well-known. This species is solitary or found in small schools in shallow water crest and slope habitats (Westneat et al. 2007).[1].

List of Habitats:

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.8     Marine Neritic - Coral Reef   
  
•     9.8.1     Outer Reef Channel   
  
•     9.8.2     Back Slope   
  
•     9.8.3     Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope)   
  
•     9.8.4     Lagoon   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Westneat, M .W., U. Satapoomin and J.E. Randall Scarus maculipinna, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes, Scaridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1628:59-68., 2007.

This species is a complex of closely related species S. flavipectoralis and S. hypselopterus. It is the most westerly distributed of the complex.

Westneat and Alfaro (2005) recognize the Scarini as a tribe within the family Labridae. The genera Chlororus and Scarus are two distinct monophyletic lineages (Smith et al. 2008).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Scarus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 83 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. acroptilus (Rainbow Cale) · S. altipinnis (Filament-Finned Parrot Fish) · S. arabicus (Arabian Fangblenny) · S. atomarius (Black Crescent Parrotfish) · S. aurofrenatus (Red-Banded Parrotfish) · S. bicolor (Red-Speckled Parrotfish) · S. caudofasciatus (Redbarred Parrotfish) · S. chameleon (Chameleon Parrotfish) · S. chrysopterum (Blue Parrotfish) · S. coelestinus (Midnight Parrotfish) · S. coeruleus (Blue Parrotfish) · S. collana (Red Sea Mimic Blenny) · S. compressus (Azure Demoiselle) · S. zelindae (Striped Parrotfish) · S. cyanescens (Blue Humphead Parrotfish) · S. dimidiatus (Turquoise-Capped Parrotfish) · S. dubius (Whitelined Parrotfish) · S. enneacanthus (Captain Parrotfish) · S. falcipinnis (Greenbelly Parrotfish) · S. ferrugineus (Rusty Parrotfish) · S. festivus (Festive Parrotfish) · S. flavipectoralis (Yellow-Finned Parrotfish) · S. forsteni (Forsten´s Parrotfish) · S. frenatus (Vermiculate Parrotfish) · S. frontalis (Purplestreak Parrotfish) · S. fuscocaudalis (Darktail Parrotfish) · S. fuscopurpureus (Purple-Brown Parrotfish) · S. ghobban (Blue-Barred Orange Parrotfish) · S. globiceps (Violet-Lined Parrotfish) · S. guacamaia (Rainbow Parrotfish) · S. harid (Indian Ocean Longnose Parrotfish) · S. hoefleri (Guinean Parrot Fish) · S. hypselopterus (Yellow-Tail Parrotfish) · S. iseri (Striped Parrotfish) · S. zelindae (Mottlefin Parrotfish) · S. javanicus (Java Parrotfish) · S. koputea (Marquesan Parrotfish) · S. longiceps (Pacific Longnose Parrotfish) · S. longipinnis (Highfin Parrotfish) · S. maculipinna (Spot-Fin Parrotfish) · Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Pacific Steephead Parrotfish) · S. microrhinus (Pacific Steephead Parrotfish) · S. muricatus (Green Humphead Parrotfish) · S. niger (Swarthy Parrotfish) · S. obishime (Yellowtail Parrotfish) · S. oviceps (Yellow-Barred Parrotfish) · S. ovifrons (Knobsnout Parrotfish) · S. perrico (Bumphead Parrotfish (FB)) · S. persicus (Gulf Parrotfish) · S. perspicillatus (Spectacled Parrotfish) · S. prasiognathos (Green-Throat Parrotfish) · S. prasiognathus (Greenthroat Parrotfish) · S. psittacus (Rosy-Cheek Parrotfish) · S. pullus (Butterfish) · S. purpureus (Rainbow Wrasse) · S. pyrrostethus (Blue Banded Parrotfish) · S. quinquevittatus (Five Striped Surge Wrasse) · S. quoyi (Quoy's Parrotfish) · S. radians (Bucktooth Parrotfish) · S. rivulatus (Rivulated Parrotfish) · S. rubripinnis (Yellowtail Parrotfish) · S. rubrofasciatus (Redbarred Parrotfish) · S. rubronotatus (Russell's Parrotfish) · S. rubroviolaceus (Black-Veined Red Parrotfish) · S. russelii (Russell's Parrotfish) · S. scaber (Fivelined Threadfin Bream) · S. schlegeli (Five-Banded Parrotfish) · S. schlegeri (Brown Large-Eyed Croaker) · S. sordidus (Green-Finned Parrotfish) · S. spinus (Yellow-Head Parrotfish) · S. stellatus (Brown-Spotted Spinefoot) · S. strigatus (Strigate Parrotfish) · Chlorurus gibbus (Indian Ocean Steephead Parrotfish) · S. taeniopterus (Painted-Tail Parrotfish) · S. tricolor (Tricolour Parrotfish) · S. trispinosus (Greenback Parrotfish) · S. vaigiensis (Petroleum Parrotfish) · S. russelii (African Butter Catfish) · S. vetula (Joblin Crow Parrot) · S. viridifucatus (Green-Snout Parrotfish) · S. xanthopleura (Red-Latticed Parrotfish) · S. zelindae (Zelinda's Parrotfish) · S. zufar (Dhofar Parrotfish)

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Further Reading

• Allen, G.R. 2003. Appendix 1. List of the Reef Fishes of the Raja Ampat Islands. In: R. Donnelly, D. Neville and P.J. Mous (eds), Report on a rapid ecological assessment of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua, Eastern Indonesia, held October 30 - November 22, 2002. The Nature Conservancy - Southeast Asia Center for Marine Protected Areas, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia.
• Allen, G.R., Steene, R., Humann, P. and Deloach, N. 2003. Reef Fish Identification Tropical Pacific. New World Publications, Inc. and Odyssey Publishing, Jacksonville and El Cajon, Florida, U.S.A.
• IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).
• Smith, L.L., Fessler, J.L., Alfaro, M.E., Streelman, J.T. and Westneat, M.W. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of regulatory gene sequences in the parrotfishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 136-152.
• Westneat, M. W. and Alfaro, M.E. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 370–390.
• Westneat, M.W., Satapoomin, U. and Randall, J.E. 2007. Scarus maculipinna, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes, Scaridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1628: 59-68.
• Westneat, M.W., U. Satapoomin and J.E. Randall Scarus maculipinna, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes, Scaridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1628:59-68., 2007.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Choat, J.H., Myers, R., Russell, B., Clements, K.D., Rocha, L.A., Lazuardi, M.E., Muljadi, A., Pardede, S. & Rahardjo, P. 2010. Scarus maculipinna. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-160362
• IUCN ID: 240929
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4277377

Footnotes

1. Choat, J.H., Myers, R., Russell, B., Clements, K.D., Rocha, L.A., Lazuardi, M.E., Muljadi, A., Pardede, S. & Rahardjo, P. 2010. Scarus maculipinna. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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