#2332 · 🐟 fish

Redlip Parrotfish

🇳🇱 Neusbultpapegaaivis ·Scarus rubroviolaceus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Programa Marino del Golfo de California · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Frank Krasovec · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Gaell Mainguy · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Rafi Amar · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Albert Kang · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Julien Bidet for MDC Seamarc Maldives · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. © BJ Stacey · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The ember parrotfish ( Scarus rubroviolaceus ) is a species of parrotfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is also known as the bicolor parrotfish and the redlip parrotfish .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,514iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,514 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pieter Bleeker in 1847 (179 years ago).