What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Roundhead parrotfish been recorded?

Scarus viridifucatus occurrence evidence comes from 76 records in 4 countries and territories, from 2021 to 2025. Most records come from Mayotte.

PerciformesScaridaeScarus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

76 records across 4 countries and territories, 2021–2025.

Scarus viridifucatus · GBIF taxon key 2393563

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. 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 Roundhead parrotfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Roundhead parrotfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Mayotte 64
Seychelles 10
India 1
Maldives 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. 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.