Hipposcarus
Appearance
| Hipposcarus | |
|---|---|
| Hipposcarus longiceps | |
| Hipposcarus harid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Tribe: | Scarini |
| Genus: | Hipposcarus Smith, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| Scarus harid | |
| Species | |
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Hipposcarus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfish from the family Labridae.[1][2][3] The two species in the genus are distributed in the Indo-Pacific.[4]
Species
[edit]- Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775)
- Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hipposcarus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ↑ Hipposcarus – Overview – Encyclopedia of Life
- ↑ WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hipposcarus Smith, 1956
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hipposcarus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
External links
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