Where does the Daisy parrotfish live?

Chlorurus sordidus has 24,367 records in 59 countries and territories, from 1828 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

24,367 records
59 places
100 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesScaridaeChlorurus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Australia	8,257
Micronesia	3,738
Tonga	2,753
French Polynesia	1,931
New Caledonia	1,238
Egypt	1,223
Marshall Islands	1,025
Mayotte	712
Solomon Islands	397
Wallis & Futuna	322
Fiji	267
Seychelles	266
Maldives	227
Palau	190
Samoa	174
Vanuatu	151
Saudi Arabia	129
Kenya	120
Papua New Guinea	118
Kiribati	108
India	89
Thailand	89
Cook Islands	80
Tuvalu	62
Mauritius	58
Mozambique	56
Réunion	55
Taiwan	50
Tanzania	44
Philippines	43
British Indian Ocean Territory	40
Israel	37
Japan	35
Madagascar	33
Myanmar	32
French Southern Territories	30
Indonesia	27
Cocos Islands	22
Jordan	17
Niue	17

Showing the top 40 of 59 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Scaridae.

Bullethead Parrotfish

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.