Scarus niger Forsskål, 1775

Swarthy Parrotfish

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Name source
Australian Faunal Directory
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species
Data links
LSID
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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8387e3a8-31f6-4b13-a657-72fb4433a62c

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Scarus niger
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
    Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Frequency: 2.208
Max_size: 400 mm
IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern
Range: 691.929
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to the Society Islands and Ryukyu Islands to Australia
Threats: Subsistence fishing
Abundance: 1.777
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Depth: (0–10 m)
Diet: Algae
Common_Name: Swarthy parrotfish;

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Scarus niger

Common Names

Common name Source
Swarthy Parrotfish
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Dusky Parrotfish
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Black Parrotfish
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Parrot Fish
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
LABROIDEI
family
LABRIDAE
subfamily
Scarinae
genus
Scarus
species
Scarus niger  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

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