Scarus scaber
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Scarus scaber.JPG
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Scarus
|species = scaber
|authority = Valenciennes, 1840{{Cite web | url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219114 |title = WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840}}
|synonyms = *Callyodon scaber (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Scarus pectoralis Valenciennes, 1840
- Callyodon pectoralis (Valenciennes, 1840)
|synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Scarus|scaber|month=December|year=2019}}
}}
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
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).
Habitat
References
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Category:Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes