Image: Blue Maomao, Scorpis violacea

A school of Blue Maomao at the Poor Knights Islands, north-eastern New Zealand, May 2009.

Photographer:

Steen Knudsen

Rights:

© Steen Knudsen

Additional information

The standard name for the species in Australia is Violet Sweep.

Last Updated: 29 November 2012

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Blue Maomao, Scorpis violaceus, Kyphosidae, blue, white, 'normal fish', countershaded, marine, adult,