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Fivesaddle parrotfish
Scarus scaber
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Fivesaddle parrotfish
- Scientific
- Scarus scaber
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 37 cm (total length); max. published weight 9000 g
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A parrotfish reaching about 37 cm; females are brown with five pale saddles on the back, males green and blue. It grazes on shallow, coral-rich lagoon reefs.
In the Maldives
Parrotfish have been protected in the Maldives since 2020.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scarus-scaber.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Dubai_Atlantis_Aquarium_1201200712501_Scarus_scaber_Parrotf
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.