Scarus scaber

Scarus scaber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species: S. scaber
Binomial name
Scarus scaber
Valenciennes, 1840[1]
Synonyms

Callyodon cyanognathus (Bleeker, 1847)
Callyodon pectoralis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Callyodon scaber (Valenciennes, 1840)
Scarus cyanognathus Bleeker, 1847
Scarus pectoralis Valenciennes, 1840

Scarus scaber, also known as the five-saddle parrotfish and dusky-capped parrotfish, is a member of the Scaridae family.[2]

Description

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



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).[2][3]

Habitat

This species is either solitary, or forms small schools with other Scarus scabers. This species is rare in most ecosystems.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219114
  2. 1 2 3 http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/190700/0
  3. 1 2 http://fishbase.org.cn/summary/speciessummary.php?id=7913

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