Swarthy Parrotfish
Scarus niger
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,898
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Scarus niger”.