Japanese Parrotfish
Chlorurus japanensis
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
- Chlorurus
Where to Find
Found in 30 diving areas across 19 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 20 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 5 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 15 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 7 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 53 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1109 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 24 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 35 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 5 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 65 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 7 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 10 records