Bumphead Parrotfish
Bolbometopon muricatum
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Scaridae
- Genus
- Bolbometopon
Where to Find
Found in 25 diving areas across 17 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 20 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 20 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 24 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 5 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 34 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 24 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 7 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 25 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 8 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 42 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 1 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 3 records