Scarus scaber

Scarus scaber, the five-saddle parrotfish or dusky-capped parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish, in the family Scaridae. It is native to Indian Ocean.

Scarus scaber
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Scarus
Species:	S. scaber
Binomial name
Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840[2]
Synonyms[3]
Callyodon scaber (Valenciennes, 1840) Scarus pectoralis Valenciennes, 1840 Callyodon pectoralis (Valenciennes, 1840)

Description

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

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  Initial phase (female)
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  Final phase (male)

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).^[1][3]

Habitat

This species is either solitary, or forms small schools.^[1]