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Scarus cretensis
Synonym for Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Original name  
  Check ECoF  
  Current accepted name  
No
  Status  
Synonym
  Status details  
senior synonym, new combination
  Status ref.  
  Comment  
Author and year from Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Nov. 1999: Ref. 33021). Specific epithet sometimes spelled cretense (Ref. 50675).
  Etymology of generic noun  
Greek, skaros = a fish described by anciente writers as a parrot fish; 1601 (Ref. 45335).
  Link to references  
References using the name as accepted
  Link to other databases  
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