Bumphead Parrotfish
Scarus perrico
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 6 diving areas across 4 countries and 3 regions.
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 23 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 23 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 197 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 33 records