Marbled Parrotfish
Leptoscarus vaigiensis
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
- Leptoscarus
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 23 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 7 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 8 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 11 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 257 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 255 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 11 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 3 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 21 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 28 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 23 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 24 records