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 in the phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii, and family Scaridae. Like other members of its family, it has characteristic 10 dorsal soft rays, 9 dorsal spines, 9 anal soft rays, and 3 anal spines, 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Scarus niger”.