Barber
Acanthurus bahianus
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
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Acanthurus
Where to Find
Found in 65 diving areas across 32 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 30 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 6 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 139 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 115 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 20159 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 12 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 20 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 144 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 110 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 110 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 9 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 7 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 2872 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1918 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 171 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 263 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 222 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 284 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 4 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 23 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 9 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 3 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 5 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 29 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 114 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 33 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 54 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 53 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 7 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 205 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 143 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 162 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 59 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 19 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2711 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1658 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1721 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 242 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 41 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 41 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 53 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 49 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 34 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 66 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 4470 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3079 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 277 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 315 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 190 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 34 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 162 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 4 records
- Utila, Honduras - 314 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 47 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 46 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 127 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 43 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 51 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 132 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 49 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1570 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 97 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 29 records