Hipposcarus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Scaridae
Subfamilia: Scarinae
Genus: Hipposcarus
Species: H. harid – H. longiceps
Name

Hipposcarus Smith, 1956:17

Type species: Scarus harid Forsskål, 1775. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References

Smith, J.L.B. 1956: The parrot fishes of the family Callyodontidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1: 1–23, Pls. 41-45.
Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood, & S.A. Karl 2002: Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: biogeography, ecomorphology, and comparative diversity. Evolution, 56 (5): 961–971. PDF DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01408.x

Vernacular names
English: Parrotfishes

Hipposcarus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfish from the family Scaridae.[2][3] The two species in the genus are distributed in the Indo-Pacific.[4] .
Species

Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775)
Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Hipposcarus in FishBase. August 2019 version.