Parrotfish
Thalassoma hardwicke
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 73 diving areas across 35 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 5 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 5 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 17 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 35 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 30 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1885 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 20 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 42 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 8 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 10 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 3 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 27 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 42 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 9 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 285 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 45 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 54 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 511 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 182 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 219 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 13 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 13 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 8 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 9 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 9 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 11 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 10 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 5 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 8 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 22 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 4 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 7 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 59 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 39 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 8 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 9 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 76 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 47 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 125 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 137 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 7 records