Schlegel's Parrotfish

Scarus schlegeli

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 42 diving areas across 21 countries and 5 regions.

Coral Sea, Australia - 187 records
Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 294 records
Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 40 records
Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 65 records
Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 55 records
Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 2 records
Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 647 records
Fakarava, French Polynesia - 28 records
Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 15 records
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 38 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 107 records
Kosrae, Micronesia - 28 records
Pohnpei, Micronesia - 44 records
Yap, Micronesia - 93 records
Niue West Coast, Niue - 4 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 56 records
Rock Islands, Palau - 105 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 5 records
Savai'i, Samoa - 29 records
Upolu, Samoa - 288 records
Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 11 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 437 records
Tongatapu, Tonga - 468 records
Vava'u Group, Tonga - 553 records
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 11 records
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 18 records
Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 20 records
Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 5 records
Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 8 records
Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
Siargao, Philippines - 3 records
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 22 records
Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 6 records