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Blue Maomao

Scorpis violacea

Also known as: Blue Mao Mao, Blue Sweep, Hardbelly, Sweep, Violet Sweep

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@MBP349 · South Solitary Island, Australia · February 20221 / 1
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Overview

Also known Blue Mao Mao, Blue Sweep, Hardbelly, Sweep, Violet Sweep.

Found in schools, over inshore waters.
Southwest Pacific - Australia, New Zealand

Highly compressed fish, found in large schools on outer reefs, in high energy zones feeding in mid-water.

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How to identify

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Behaviour
open waterschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Southwest Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found in schools, over inshore waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyScorpididae
    6. genusScorpis
    7. speciesScorpis violacea (Hutton, 1873)

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