Labridae

dusky parrotfish

Scarus niger

Forty Four Point Four Centimeters Wrasse of the Red Sea

• Black
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, dusky parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. It is in the phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii, and family Scaridae. Like other members of its family, it has characteristic 10 dorsal soft rays, 9 dorsal spines, 9 anal soft rays, and 3 anal spines, It is found in Indo-West and Central Pacific, from the Red Sea, north to Japan,parts of Southeast Asia, south to Australia and east to French Polynesia.