Scarus scaber
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| Species: | S. scaber
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| Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840[1]
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Callyodon cyanognathus (Bleeker, 1847) | |
Scarus scaber, also known as the five-saddle parrotfish and dusky-capped parrotfish, is a member of the Scaridae family.[2]
Description
This species grows to a maximum 37 cm in length and 900 g in weight.[3]
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Initial phase (female) -
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).[2][3]
Habitat
This species is either solitary, or forms small schools with other Scarus scabers. This species is rare in most ecosystems.[2]
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