Parrotfish
Thalassoma purpureum
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 44 diving areas across 30 countries and 8 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 5 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 31 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 35 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 7 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 6 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 5 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 6 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 4 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 11 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 7 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 7 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 7 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 43 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 51 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 7 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 2 records