Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
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
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Haemulidae
- Genus
- Anisotremus
Where to Find
Found in 45 diving areas across 25 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 5463 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 15 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 5 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 112 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 74 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 28 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 30 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 3 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 5 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 9 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 8 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 306 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 258 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 257 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 112 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 121 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 45 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 48 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 30 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 13 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 23 records
- Utila, Honduras - 48 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 22 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 38 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 217 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 54 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 210 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 36 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 3 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 7 records