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] .
| Hipposcarus | |
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| Hipposcarus harid | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Hipposcarus Smith, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| Scarus harid | |
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Species edit
- Hipposcarus harid (Forsskål, 1775)
- Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)
References edit
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- ^ 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.
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