Scarus prasiognathos

Scarus prasiognathos, the Singapore parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans, where it lives in coral reefs.^[2]

Scarus prasiognathos
Scarus prasiognathos (male)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Scarus
Species:	S. prasiognathos
Binomial name
Scarus prasiognathos Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms[2]
Scarus chlorodon Jenyns, 1842 Scarus singaporensis Bleeker, 1852 Callyodon singaporensis (Bleeker, 1852) Pseudoscarus singaporensis (Bleeker, 1852) Scarus janthochir Bleeker, 1853 Callyodon janthochir (Bleeker, 1853) Pseudoscarus janthochir (Bleeker, 1853)

This species was first formally described in 1840 by the French naturalist Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865) with the type locality given as New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago.^[3]

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  immature juvenile
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  initial phase (female)
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  final phase (male)