Rainbow Parrotfish
Scarus flavipectoralis
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
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 14 countries and 3 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 190 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 163 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 17 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 88 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 13 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 10 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 24 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 56 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 17 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 7 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 14 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 30 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 19 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 21 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 6 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 10 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 3 records