Scorpis violacea
Blue mao mao | Blue Sweep | Hardbelly | Violet Sweep | Scorpis violaceus
Distribution
Temperate Australasia
Description
Silvery with blue-violet sheen with a dark lateral line. Juveniles with yellow anal fin. Distinguished from temperate Australian S. lineolata (Silver Sweep) by colour, lack of dark upper and lower edges of tail and black pectoral base spot.
Information
Max Size: 35 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 14.3-24.8°C
Depth: 0-30m
Habitat Generalization Index: 11.97
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (39.9% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Large aggregations (113 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland