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Where does the Ember parrotfish live?

Scarus rubroviolaceus has 14,016 records in 60 countries and territories, from 1857 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesScaridaeScarus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 2,907
Northern Mariana Islands 1,985
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1,692
Australia 1,572
American Samoa 853
Ecuador 739
Panama 416
Mexico 402
French Polynesia 325
Costa Rica 246
Maldives 246
Colombia 226
Micronesia 199
Indonesia 192
Mayotte 173
Seychelles 164
Wallis & Futuna 156
Thailand 139
South Africa 136
Taiwan 109
Guam 92
India 69
New Caledonia 68
Solomon Islands 64
Marshall Islands 63
Nauru 62
Japan 58
Vanuatu 54
Tonga 52
Kiribati 51
Mozambique 50
Fiji 48
Christmas Island 47
Niue 47
Philippines 46
Tuvalu 41
Palau 26
Papua New Guinea 25
Malaysia 23
French Southern Territories 22

Showing the top 40 of 60 places.

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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.