Scarus scaber
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scaridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. scaber |
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Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Callyodon cyanognathus (Bleeker, 1847) |
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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.
This species grows to a maximum 37 cm in length and 900 g in weight.
Initial phase (female)
Final phase (male)
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).
This species is either solitary, or forms small schools.
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