ADW: Scarus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Scaridae (Parrotfishes)
        
        Genus Scarus
        
        Species Scarus altipinnis (Filament finned parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus arabicus (Arabian parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus caudofasciatus (Bartail parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus chameleon (Chameleon parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus chinensis
        
        Species Scarus coelestinus (Midnight Parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus coeruleus (Blue Parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus collana (Greenband parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus compressus (Azure parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus dimidiatus (Blue-bridle parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus dubius (Regal parrot)
        
        Species Scarus falcipinnis (Greenbelly parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus ferrugineus (Rusty parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus festivus (Festive parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus flavipectoralis (King parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus forsteni (Big belly parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus frenatus (Birdled parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus fuscocaudalis (Black-tail parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus fuscopurpureus (Purple-brown parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus ghobban (Blue barred parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus globiceps (Globehead parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus gracilis
        
        Species Scarus guacamaia (Blue rainbow)
        
        Species Scarus hoefleri (Guinean parrot fish)
        
        Species Scarus hypselopterus (East-Indies parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus iseri (Grey chub)
        
        Species Scarus koputea (Marquesan parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus longipinnis (Highfin parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus maculipinna (Spot fin parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus niger (Black parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus obishime
        
        Species Scarus oviceps (Blue parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus ovifrons (Knobsnout parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus perrico (Bumphead parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus persicus (Gulf parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus prasiognathos (Blue-faced parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus psittacus (Batavian parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus quoyi (Green-blotched parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus rivulatus (Rivulated parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus rubroviolaceus (Bicolor parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus russelii (Eclipse parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus scaber (Dusky-capped parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus schlegeli (Five-banded parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus spinus (Greensnout parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus taeniopterus (Blue chub)
        
        Species Scarus tricolor (Three-colour parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus trispinosus (Greenback parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus vetula (Blownose)
        
        Species Scarus viridifucatus (Green-snout parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus xanthopleura (Bluechin parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus zelindae (Zelinda's parrotfish)
        
        Species Scarus zufar (Dhofar parrotfish)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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