Dusky Parrotfish
Scarus niger
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Scaridae
- Genus
- Scarus
Where to Find
Found in 56 diving areas across 29 countries and 6 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 202 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 467 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 28 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 35 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 41 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 773 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 22 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 10 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 71 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 83 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 377 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 107 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 32 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 58 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 88 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 32 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 12 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 135 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 324 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 141 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 630 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 218 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 353 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 5 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 16 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 21 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 81 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 3 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 7 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 33 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 31 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 33 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 26 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 11 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 14 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 20 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 21 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records