Chlorurus

Life-forms

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: Chlorurus
Species: C. atrilunula – C. bleekeri – C. bowersi – C. capistratoides – C. cyanescens – C. enneacanthus – C. frontalis – C. genazonatus – C. gibbus – C. japanensis – C. microrhinos – C. oedema – C. perspicillatus – C. rhakoura – C. sordidus – C. strongylocephalus – C. troschelii
Name

Chlorurus Swainson, 1839:(173) 227

Type species: Scarus gibbus Rüppell, 1829. Type by monotypy.
References

Swainson, W. 1839: The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London. 2: i-vi + 1-448.
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. Ecology, 56 (5): 961–971. PDF

Vernacular names
English: Parrotfishes

Chlorurus microrhinos

Chlorurus is a genus of parrotfish from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3][4]
Species

There are 18 species:[4]

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)