Palani
Acanthurus dussumieri
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 30 diving areas across 23 countries and 5 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 26 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 160 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 60 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 8 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 9 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 27 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 36 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 6 records