Long-nosed Parrotfish

Hipposcarus longiceps

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 41 diving areas across 20 countries and 5 regions.

Coral Sea, Australia - 73 records
Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 66 records
Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 26 records
Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 28 records
Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 72 records
Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 73 records
Fakarava, French Polynesia - 38 records
Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 17 records
Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 207 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 226 records
Kosrae, Micronesia - 26 records
Pohnpei, Micronesia - 201 records
Yap, Micronesia - 147 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 54 records
Rock Islands, Palau - 104 records
Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 11 records
Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
Savai'i, Samoa - 14 records
Upolu, Samoa - 19 records
Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 9 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 59 records
Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 28 records
Tongatapu, Tonga - 7 records
Vava'u Group, Tonga - 84 records
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 12 records
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 12 records
Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 16 records
Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 434 records
Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 1 records
Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 1 records