Heavybeak Parrotfish
Chlorurus strongylocephalus
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 13 diving areas across 10 countries and 3 regions.
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 6 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 432 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 24 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records