Surf Redfish

Actinopyga mauritiana

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 41 diving areas across 28 countries and 5 regions.

Christmas Island, Australia - 13 records
Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 13 records
Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 4 records
Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 46 records
Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 55 records
Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 58 records
Fakarava, French Polynesia - 12 records
Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 41 records
Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 23 records
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 9 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 51 records
Yap, Micronesia - 9 records
Niue West Coast, Niue - 14 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 85 records
Rock Islands, Palau - 109 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
Savai'i, Samoa - 11 records
Upolu, Samoa - 16 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 11 records
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 26 records
Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
Lakshadweep, India - 8 records
Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 4 records
Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 6 records
Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records