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View Mode View All Pictures Species Heteroscarus acroptilus (Richardson 1846)    Heteroscarus acroptilus was originally described as Scarus acroptilus by Richardson in 1846. It belongs to the family Odacidae. It is commonly known as Rainbow cale. It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Australia: New South Wales to southern Australia and to Western Australia.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acroptilus AuthorWI   Richardson [J.] AuthorNI   Richardson Qualification   --- Year   1846 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Labriformes Labriformes Family   Odacidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Heteroscarus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Labriformes Family   Odacidae Genus   Heteroscarus Original Name   Scarus         Taxon Name   acroptilus Original Combination   Scarus acroptilus Original Genus   Scarus Original Genus Species   Scarus acroptilus OriginalSubGenus   Scarus Original Author   Richardson Original AuthorWI   Richardson [J.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1846 Original Family   Scaridae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Coasts of Australia. Primary Code   --- Primary Type   No types known Page   69 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Heteroscarus acroptilus Current Species   acroptilus Current Genus   Heteroscarus Current AuthorWI   Richardson [J.] Current AuthorNI   Richardson Current Year   1846 Current Family   Odacidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat   demersal         Water   Salt water     Distribution   Australia: New South Wales to southern Australia and to Western Australia. Current Summary   Valid as Heteroscarus acroptilus  (Richardson 1846). Odacidae.   Name History   • Valid as Odax acroptilus  (Richardson 1846) -- (Gomon & Paxton 1986:33 [ref. 5656], Kuiter 1993:308 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:702 [ref. 22532], Kuiter 1997:312 [ref. 25488], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Bray & Hoese 2006:1421 [ref. 29049]). • Valid as Heteroscarus acroptilus  (Richardson 1846) -- (Gomon 2008:661 [ref. 30616]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations   Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   castelnaui Heteroscarus castelnaui Macleay [W.] 1878 Synonym elegans Heteroscarus elegans Steindachner [F.] 1884 Synonym filamentosus Heteroscarus filamentosus Castelnau [F. L. de] 1872 Synonym macleayi Heteroscarus macleayi McCoy [F.] 1888 Synonym modestus Heteroscarus modestus Castelnau [F. L. de] 1872 Synonym tenuiceps Heteroscarus tenuiceps De Vis [C. W.] 1885 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…