Manini
Acanthurus triostegus
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 77 diving areas across 37 countries and 7 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 36 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 36 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 9 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 94 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 133 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 49 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 30 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 21 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 21 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 59 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 14 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 14 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 13 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 93 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 60 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 43 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 71 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 187 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 8 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 4 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 51 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 30 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 49 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 71 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 12 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 68 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 186 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 24 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 93 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 30 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 103 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 28 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 25 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 40 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 13 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 8 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 10 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 15 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 8 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 14 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 3 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 25 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 6 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 10 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 11 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 580 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 30 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 586 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 9 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 47 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 20 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 18 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 18 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 278 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 7 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 20 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 25 records