Sealife guideThe swarthy parrotfishScarus niger
Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Swarthy Parrotfish, dusky parrotfish
- French name: Poisson perroquet brun
- Scientific name: Scarus niger (Forsskål, 1775)
- Family name: Scaridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The swarthy parrotfish is listed as many other marine species within The
IUCN Red List of threatened species. The swarthy parrotfish appears in the
IUCN Red List since 2012 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus
Blue-barred parrotfish
(Scarus ghobban)
Ember parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
Blue parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
Princess parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
Rusty parrotfish
(Scarus ferrugineus)
Queen parrotfish
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Bumphead parrotfish
(Bolbometopon muricatum)
Stoplight parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
European parrotfish
(Sparisoma cretense)
Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
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