Scarus niger

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, 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).[3]

Scarus niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Scarus
Species:
S. niger
Binomial name
Scarus niger
Forsskål, 1775
Synonyms[2]
  • Callyodon niger (Forsskål, 1775)
  • Scarus chadri Lacépède, 1802
  • Scarus nuchipunctatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Callyodon nuchipunctatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Scarus limbatus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Scarus makaravar Montrouzier, 1857
  • Pseudoscarus flavomarginatus Kner, 1865
  • Pseudoscarus madagascariensis Steindachner, 1887
  • Callyodon madagascariensis (Steindachner, 1887)
  • Callyodon maoricus Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • Pseudoscarus godeffroyi Günther, 1909
  • Callyodon lineolabiatus Fowler & Bean, 1928
  • Scarus lineolabiatus (Fowler & Bean, 1928)

References
  1. Myers, R.; Choat, J.H.; Russell, B.; et al. (2012). "Scarus niger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T190740A17788701. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190740A17788701.en. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Scarus niger" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. "Swarthy Parrotfish, Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775". Australian Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.