Boarfish
Capros aper
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
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Caproidae
- Genus
- Capros
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 12 countries and 2 regions.
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 2 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 57 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 44 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 31 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 5194 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 2157 records
- Ustica, Italy - 4 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 20 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 30 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 248 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 93 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 125 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 41 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 362 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 33 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 5 records