Deep Water Redfish
Actinopyga echinites
Category: Sea Cucumbers
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Holothuriida
- Family
- Holothuriidae
- Genus
- Actinopyga
Where to Find
Found in 25 diving areas across 18 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 4 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 4 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 8 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 18 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 11 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 17 records