Batavian Parrotfish
Scarus psittacus
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 63 diving areas across 33 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 49 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 49 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 76 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 334 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 7 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 122 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 155 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 102 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 497 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 9 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 95 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 23 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 4 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 3 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 49 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 81 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 29 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 28 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 58 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 22 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 52 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 16 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 117 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 410 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 65 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 17 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 164 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 60 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 195 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 10 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 18 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 55 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 7 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 7 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 97 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 101 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 20 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 2 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 3 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 2 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 86 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 16 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 17 records