Triggerfish
Aluterus monoceros
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
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Aluterus
Where to Find
Found in 33 diving areas across 25 countries and 9 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 32 records
- Victoria, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 6 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 11 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 8 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 51 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 145 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 17 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 4 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 12 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 6 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 20 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 11 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 4 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records