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Comprehensive Description ( İngilizce )

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology tarafından sağlandı
Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins

Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins, 1903, p. 468, fig. 26.—Schultz, 1958, p. 109, pl. 22B.—Gosline and Brock, 1960, p. 236 [Hawaiian Islands].

Characterized by having 4 median predorsal scales; dorsal spines pungent; gill membranes broadly joined to isthmus without free fold across isthmus; free, imbricate, incisor-like teeth present externally on both jaws.

RANGE.—Hawaiian Islands.

Characterized by having 4 median predorsal scales, 1 row of scales on cheek; gill membranes broadly joined to isthmus without free fold; dorsal spines pungent; teeth of lower jaw closing over those of upper jaw.

Callyodontichthys Bleeker, 1861, pp. 5, 15 [no species listed].—Steindachner, 1863, p. 1111 [type-species: Callyodontichthys bleekeri Steindachner=Scarus radians Cuvier and Valenciennes.]

Characterized by having ridge on upper dental plate bearing canine teeth, posteriormost canine appearing at small size of 25 mm standard length; at length of 60 mm usually 4 outwardly projecting canines. Size rarely exceeding 160 mm in standard length.

RANGE.—Central and western Atlantic Ocean.

Sparisoma radians (Cuvier and Valenciennes)

Scarus radians Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839, p. 206.

Sparisoma radians.—Schultz, 1958, p. 113, pl. 22C, D.—Winn and Bardach, 1959, pp. 296–298.—Randall, 1965, pp. 1–9, figs. 1, 3A.—Cervigon, 1966, p. 617, fig. 263.

Characterized by having 2 median scales between bases of pelvic fins; total gill rakers on 1st arch 10 to 13.

RANGE.—Central and western Atlantic Ocean.
bibliyografik atıf
Schultz, Leonard P. 1969. "The taxonomic status of the controversial genera and species of parrotfishes with a descriptive list (family Scardiae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-49. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.17