Candelamoa Parrotfish
Hipposcarus harid
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
- Hipposcarus
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 35 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 35 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 18 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 7 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 38 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 25 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 6 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 6 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 1 records
- Safaga, Egypt - 4 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 8 records