Honeycomb Filefish
Cantherhines pardalis
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
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Cantherhines
Where to Find
Found in 46 diving areas across 31 countries and 7 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 5 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 177 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 53 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 19 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 26 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 7 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 27 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 12 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 3 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 13 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 28 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Eilat, Israel - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 41 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 7 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 16 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 19 records