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Taxon: Genus Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation P.[S.] Forskål, in C. Niebuhr, ed., 1775
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling Gronovius, L.T. 1763. Zoophyl. (fasc. 1): 67. [rejected work].
Original name, rank & spelling Forskål, P. 1775. In C. Niebuhr (ed.), Descr. Anim.: X, 25. ("novum genus.").

Types

Type ofScaridae (Family) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 396; 22 Feb 2024. [inferred]
Type ofScarinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 15 Aug 2025; [<5 Sep 2025]. [inferred]

Synonyms

IncludingCallyodon (Genus) Gronovius, 1763 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 396.
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