Scarus scaber
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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. scaber |
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| Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840[2] | |
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Description
This species grows to a maximum 37 cm in length and 900 g in weight.[3]
Initial phase (female)
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]
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References
- Choat, J.H.; Myers, R.; Russell, B.; et al. (2012). "Scarus scaber". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190700A17790871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190700A17790871.en. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840".
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Scarus scaber" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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