Bullet Mackerel
Auxis thazard
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 34 diving areas across 25 countries and 9 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 70 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 8 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 31 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 29 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 29 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 11 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 78 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 6 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 8 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 105 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 9 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 26 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 3 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 42 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 5 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 15 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 17 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records