Rhabdosargus niger

Rhabdosargus niger has the dorsal fin supported by 11 spines and 13 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 11 soft rays. The head and body are silvery-black in colour with no golden horizontal lines on the body. The pelvic and anal fins are dusky grey. This is the smallest of the species in the genus Rhabdosargus with a maximum published standard length of 28.9 cm (11.4 in).

Rhabdosargus niger is known only from the type specimens and the precise location at which these were captured is not known, it was somewhere of the western coast of Kalimantan, Indonesia.

== References ==

Rhabdosargus niger belongs to the genus Rhabdosargus, a name which is a refixes rhabdos, meaning "stick" or "rod", an allusion to the yellow abdominal band of Sargus auriventris, its type species, to Sargos, a name used for Sparid fish in ancient Greek at least as long ago as Aristotle but in this case is a reference to Sargus as a synonym of Diplodus. The specific name, niger, means "black", an allusion to the blackish colour of the body.