Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)

Bumphead parrotfish
(Bolbometopon muricatum)
Photo: Brian Zgliczynski, NOAA

Status

Indo-Pacific-Red Sea and East Africa to the Line Islands and Samoa
north to Yaeyama, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia
Paulau, Caroline, Mariana in Micronesia
in U.S., Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas (Wake Islands)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Bolbometopon
Species: muricatum

Key Documents

(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
Not Warranted 12-Month Finding on Petition to List under the ESA	77 FR 66799	11/07/2012
Notice of 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Bumphead Parrotfish Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)	75 FR 16713	04/02/2010
Petition from WildEarth Guardians to List Under the ESA	n/a	12/31/2009
Species of Concern Fact Sheet: Detailed	n/a	10/2015
Fact Sheet Highlights	n/a	02/23/2010