Scorpis violacea, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand, Photo: Andrew Green
Scorpis violacea, Juvenile, Poor Knights Is, New Zealand, Photo: Andrew Green
Scorpis violacea, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef
Habitat Generalisation Index: 12
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
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (38% 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 (105 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
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