Bullet Mackerel
Auxis rochei
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
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Auxis
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 19 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 19 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 50 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 245 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 8 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 131 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 131 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 7 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 1 records