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Taxon: Family Scaridae Rafinesque, 1810 - parrotfishes (fish)
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Authorship

Original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 18 ("Ordine. Gli Scaridi."). [family, nom. vernac.]. ≡
Latinized name:  Bonaparte, C.L. 1831c. Giorn. Arcad. Sci. 52: 178 ("Scarini"). [subfamily]. ≡
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 113 ("Rafinesque 1810").

Attributes

Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 113 ("Article 11.7.2").

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Scarinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1810
Type: Scarus (Genus) Forsskål, 1775 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 396; 22 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Variants

Current rank: Scarinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (15 Aug 2025); 5 Sep 2025. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Callyodontidae (Family) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 396.
Synonymous name: Callyodontidae (Family) Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 429.
Including: Scarinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 396.
Including: Sparisomatinae (Subfamily) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 396.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: papegaaivissen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: parrotfishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 429.
: parrotfishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2484.
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