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Abudefduf saxatilis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ovalentaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Pomacentridae
- Genus
- Abudefduf
Where to Find
Found in 81 diving areas across 47 countries and 9 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 4 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 7626 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 58 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 58 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 7 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 10 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 323 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 286 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 13 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 24 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 4 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 4 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 3 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 3 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 401 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 358 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 423 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 2 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 2 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 19 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 630 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 423 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 96 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 105 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 12 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 77 records
- Utila, Honduras - 79 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 17 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 17 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 8 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 14 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 22 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 3 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 17 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 15 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 8 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 5 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 5 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 247 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 55 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 59 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 40 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 5 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 19 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 21 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 18 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 14 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 18 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records