Scarus niger

Scarus niger
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Scaridae
Genus:	Scarus
Species:	S. niger
Binomial name
	Scarus niger; Forsskål, 1775
Synonyms
	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);

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]

References

^ 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.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scarus niger" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
^ "Swarthy Parrotfish, Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775". Australian Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

External links

Photos of Scarus niger on Sealife Collection

This Perciformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[iucn-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.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scarus niger" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

[3] "Swarthy Parrotfish, Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775". Australian Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]

Scarus niger

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)