Chlorurus
Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Chlorurus | |
|---|---|
| Chlorurus strongylocephalus | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Tribe: | Scarini |
| Genus: | ChlorurusSwainson, 1839 |
| Scarus gibbusRüppell, 1829 | |
| See text | |
| Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 | |
| Xanothon J.L.B. Smith, 1956 | |
| Ypsiscarus Schultz, 1958 |
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Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The word 'Chlorurus' comes from the Greek words 'chloros', which means green and 'oura', which means tail.
C. enneacanthus with an initial phase Scarus scaber, in the Maldives
Chlorurus is most closely related to its sister genus Scarus. Most recent phylogenetic analyses find that the two genera diverged during the late Miocene (Messinian). In both genera, most of their diversification occurred some time later, within the last 3.5 million years during the Pliocene. In contrast, coral reefs in their modern form were established much earlier, during the Miocene.
A 2012 phylogenetic analysis of 16 of the 18 Chlorurus species recovered 5 major monophyletic clades.
There are 18 species:
| Species | Terminal phase | Initial phase |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorurus atrilunula | ||
| (Randall & Bruce, 1983) | ||
| Chlorurus bleekeri | ||
| (de Beaufort, 1940) | ||
| Chlorurus bowersi | ||
| (Snyder, 1909) | ||
| Chlorurus capistratoides | ||
| (Bleeker, 1847) | ||
| Chlorurus cyanescens | ||
| (Valenciennes, 1840) | ||
| Chlorurus enneacanthus | ||
| (Lacépède, 1802) | ||
| Chlorurus frontalis | ||
| (Valenciennes, 1840) | ||
| Chlorurus genazonatus | ||
| (Randall & Bruce, 1983) | ||
| Chlorurus gibbus | ||
| (Rüppell, 1829) | ||
| Chlorurus japanensis | ||
| (Bloch, 1789) | ||
| Chlorurus microrhinos | ||
| (Bleeker, 1854) | ||
| Chlorurus oedema | ||
| (Snyder, 1909) | ||
| Chlorurus perspicillatus | ||
| (Steindachner, 1879) | ||
| Chlorurus rhakoura | ||
| Randall & Anderson, 1997 | ||
| Chlorurus sordidus | ||
| (Forsskål, 1775) | ||
| Chlorurus spilurus | ||
| (Valenciennes, 1840) | ||
| Chlorurus strongylocephalus | ||
| (Bleeker, 1855) | ||
| Chlorurus troschelii | ||
| (Bleeker, 1853) |
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