Scarus scaber
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| Scarus scaber | |
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| File:Scarus scaber.JPG | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Scarus |
| Species: | S. scaber
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| Binomial name | |
| Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840[2]
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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.
Description
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]This species is either solitary, or forms small schools.[1]
References
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