Scarus scaber

Scarus scaber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. scaber
Binomial name
Scarus scaber
Synonyms[3]
  • Callyodon scaber (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Scarus pectoralis Valenciennes, 1840
  • Callyodon pectoralis (Valenciennes, 1840)

Scarus scaber, the five-saddle parrotfish or dusky-capped parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to Indian Ocean.

Description

This species grows to a maximum 37 cm in length and 900 g in weight.[3]

  • Initial phase (female)
    Initial phase (female)
  • Final phase (male)
    Final phase (male)

Distribution

This species is widely distributed in the Indian Ocean (and around the islands therein) from western Thailand and northwest Indonesia in the east (southwards to Cocos-Keeling), and west to the coast of Africa (as far south as Natal and north to Red Sea and Gulf of Aden).[1][3]

Habitat

This species is either solitary, or forms small schools.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Choat, J.H.; Myers, R.; Russell, B.; Clements, K.D.; Rocha, L.A.; Lazuardi, M.E.; Muljadi, A.; Pardede, S.; Rahardjo, P. (2012). "Scarus scaber". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T190700A17790871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190700A17790871.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840".
  3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scarus scaber". FishBase. December 2019 version.

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