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Swarthy Parrotfish
Scarus niger
Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, dusky parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. 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. It is found in lagoons, channels and outer reefs slopes on the depths of 2 to 20 metres (6 ft 7 in to 65 ft 7 in).
From the article Scarus niger on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
The dusky parrotfish is a protogynous hermaphrodite.The dominant female in a group with only females may turn into a male; such males are called secondary males. Male and female fish form pair during breeding. After breeding, the gonads drastically reduce in size.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68025.