Blue Maomao, Scorpis violacea

Scientific name: Scorpis violacea
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    22/04/22
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A school of Blue Maomao at the Poor Knights Islands, north-eastern New Zealand, May 2009. Image: Steen Knudsen
© Steen Knudsen

Fast Facts

  • Classification
    Genus
    Scorpis
    Species
    violacea
    Family
    Scorpididae
Blue Maomao, Scorpis violacea
A school of Blue Maomao at the Poor Knights Islands, north-eastern New Zealand, May 2009. Image: Steen Knudsen
© Steen Knudsen

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

Notes

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