Scarus niger

Scarus niger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. niger
Binomial name
Scarus niger
Forsskål, 1775
Distribution
Synonyms
List
    • Callyodon niger (Forsskål, 1775)
    • Scarus chadri Lacépède, 1802
    • Scarus nuchipunctatus Valenciennes, 1840
    • Callyodon nuchipunctatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
    • Scarus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840
    • Scarus makaravar Montrouzier, 1857
    • Pseudoscarus flavomarginatus Kner, 1865
    • Pseudoscarus madagascariensis Steindachner, 1887
    • Callyodon madagascariensis (Steindachner, 1887)
    • Callyodon maoricus Jordan & Seale, 1906
    • Pseudoscarus godeffroyi Günther, 1909
    • Callyodon lineolabiatus Fowler & Bean, 1928
    • Scarus lineolabiatus (Fowler & Bean, 1928)

Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, dusky parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. It is found in Indo-West and Central Pacific, from the Red Sea, north to Japan,parts of Southeast Asia, south to Australia and east to French Polynesia. It is found in lagoons, channels and outer reefs slopes on the depths of 2 to 20 metres (6 ft 7 in to 65 ft 7 in).

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