Global InformationScarus fuscopurpureus information
| Scarus fuscopurpureus | |
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| Scarus fuscopurpureus | |
Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. fuscopurpureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scarus fuscopurpureus (Klunzinger, 1871)
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Scarus fuscopurpureus, common name purple-brown parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the class Actinopterygii. It is a parrotfish in the family Scaridae.[3] It occurs in the western Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the gulf of Aden and the Persain Gulf.[4] Countries in which boarder these waters include, but are not limited to Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
- ^ Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Choat, J.H.; Rocha, L.A.; Myers, R.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Scarus fuscopurpureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190714A17795612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190714A17795612.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scarus fuscopurpureus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97
- ^ Keivany, Yazdan (2003-05-01). "Book review of "Atlas of the Persian Gulf & Sea of Oman fishes. Vol. 1." and "Morphological and biological characteristics of the southern Iranian fishes (Persian Gulf and Oman Sea)"". Ichthyological Research. 50 (2): 201–202. doi:10.1007/s10228-002-0158-y. ISSN 1341-8998.