Orange-lined Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
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
- Balistidae
- Genus
- Balistapus
Where to Find
Found in 78 diving areas across 37 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 13 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 9 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 25 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 31 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 38 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 146 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 23 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 33 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 10 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 123 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 28 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 20 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 74 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 53 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 191 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 300 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 31 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 68 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1537 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 150 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 153 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 101 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 21 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 129 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 16 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 41 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 79 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 7 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 5 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 8 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 22 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 15 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 3 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 13 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 122 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 19 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Eilat, Israel - 2 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 20 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 6 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 77 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 22 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 50 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 28 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 334 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 49 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 4 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 8 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 148 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 174 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 12 records