Hipposcarus

Genus of fishes

Hipposcarus
Hipposcarus harid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Hipposcarus
Smith, 1956
Type species
Scarus harid
Forsskål, 1775[1]
Species

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Hipposcarus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfish from the family Scaridae.[2][3] The two species in the genus are distributed in the Indo-Pacific.[4] .

Species

  • Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hipposcarus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ Hipposcarus – Overview – Encyclopedia of Life
  3. ^ WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hipposcarus Smith, 1956
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Hipposcarus in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Hipposcarus


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