Scarus scaber

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Scarus scaber.JPG

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Choat, J.H. |author2=Myers, R. |author3=Russell, B. |author4=Clements, K.D. |author5=Rocha, L.A. |author6=Lazuardi, M.E. |author7=Muljadi, A. |author8=Pardede, S. |author9=Rahardjo, P. |date=2012 |title=Scarus scaber |volume=2012 |page=e.T190700A17790871 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T190700A17790871.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|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.