Photo Image Swarthy parrotfish Scarus niger

SWARTHY PARROTFISH

Scarus niger

The adult has a dark reddish brown or purplish green body with red lips and a yellow to green spot or streak behind their eye. There are dark bands around its mouth. The sub-adult has a red head, belly and fins except for the tail, with wavy black and white stripes on its body to foretail. The juvenile has a black to red brown body with numerous small white spots. The tail is translucent and often displays a white bar across tail base. Lives solitary or forms small groups in reef areas, 1-20m depth.
Frequency of sightings:
Common
Best time of year:
All year round

Taxonomical order of this critter:
Veterbrate
Reef
Coral Feeder
Parrot Fish
-	Bicolor parrotfish
-	Bleeker parrotfish
-	Bluebarred parrotfish
-	Bumphead parrotfish
-	Quoys parrotfish
-	Raggedtooth parrotfish
-	Swarthy parrotfish
-	Yellow barred parrotfish
-	Yellowfin parrotfish