Parrotfish
Thalassoma quinquevittatum
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 40 diving areas across 26 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 90 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 10 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 51 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 4 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 16 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2091 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 8 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 6 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 34 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 4 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 13 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 16 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 18 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Eilat, Israel - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 9 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 11 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 1 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 1 records