Belted Cardinalfish
Apogon townsendi
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
- Kurtiformes
- Family
- Apogonidae
- Genus
- Apogon
Where to Find
Found in 43 diving areas across 24 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 7 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 37 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 11 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 5 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 16 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 15 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 12 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 12 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 42 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 15 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 18 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 7 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 4 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 3 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 1 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 10 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 12 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 13 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 126 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 16 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 4 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 3 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 6 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records