Parrotfish
Thalassoma bifasciatum
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
- Labridae
- Genus
- Thalassoma
Where to Find
Found in 61 diving areas across 31 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 16 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 11 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 6 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 11 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 35 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 32714 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 11 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 19 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 47 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 84 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 93 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 93 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 15 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 5 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3431 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2327 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 16 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 32 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 4 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 40 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 16 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 8 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 8 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 195 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 36 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 31 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 15 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 9 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 6 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 26 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 27 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3314 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2900 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2986 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 25 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 22 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 22 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 33 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 29 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 33 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 4816 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3621 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 212 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 324 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 10 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 19 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 160 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 7 records
- Utila, Honduras - 192 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 10 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 9 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 14 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 49 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 82 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 19 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 10 records