Gendarme Fish
Acanthurus olivaceus
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 45 diving areas across 25 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 17 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 17 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 22 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 21 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 29 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 7 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 57 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 12 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 79 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 22 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 64 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 11 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 13 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 49 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 61 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 64 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 5 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 474 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 7 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 25 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 14 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 52 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 3 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 9 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 10 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 35 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 35 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 20 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 67 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 20 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 7 records