Blackfish
Actinopyga miliaris
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 19 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 24 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 55 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 37 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 5 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 8 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 22 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 41 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 7 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records