Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fd116023-45fc-4136-a046-f55a617a79b7

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Chlorurus microrhinos
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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO

Description

Adult Steephead Parrotfish are greenish blue. There is a brighter blue-green band above the mouth and a wider one below. Uniform yellowish-tan individuals are known but are rare. The tail is rounded in juveniles, but becomes crescent shaped in adults. Males develop a large hump on the head giving them a blunt head appearance. ... source: OZ Animals

Online resources

Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
OZ Animals: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Species Lists

RLS profile v3: Max_size: 700 mm; Common_Name: Steep-head parrotfish;Steephead Parrotfish; Threats: Subsistence fishing; Depth: (0–11 m); Synonyms: Scarus microrhinos; Range: 1687.153; Abundance: 1.666; Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Bali to Pitcairn islands and Ryukyu Islands to Rapa; Invasive: Not known to be invasive; Frequency: 2.234; IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern

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Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Chlorurus microrhinos	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Scarus microrhinos Bleeker, 1854	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Bleeker, P. 1854. Species piscium batabiensium novae vel minus cognitae. Natuurwet. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië Vol. 6 pp. 191-202

Common Names

Common name	Source
Steephead Parrotfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia OZ Animals Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Blunt-head Parrotfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Pacific Steephead Parrotfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Blunt-headed Parrotfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Gibbus Parrotfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Heavybeak Parrotfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Parrotfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
Steephead Parrots Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

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Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854)

Steephead Parrotfish