Chameleon Parrotfish

Scarus chameleon

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

Scarus

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 29 diving areas across 16 countries and 4 regions.

• Coral Sea, Australia - 112 records
• Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 362 records
• Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
• Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 16 records
• Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 22 records
• Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 140 records
• Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
• Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
• Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
• Niue West Coast, Niue - 14 records
• Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 12 records
• Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
• Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 10 records
• Savai'i, Samoa - 5 records
• Upolu, Samoa - 7 records
• Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 11 records
• Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
• Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 169 records
• Tongatapu, Tonga - 101 records
• Vava'u Group, Tonga - 86 records
• Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 7 records
• Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 27 records
• Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
• Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
• Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
• Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
• Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
• Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 7 records
• Visayas, Philippines - 2 records