Argus Grouper
Cephalopholis argus
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
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Cephalopholis
Where to Find
Found in 75 diving areas across 39 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 42 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 42 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 74 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 12 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 219 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 24 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 42 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 144 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 32 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 65 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 21 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 62 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 19 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 58 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 59 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 93 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 76 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 98 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 150 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 6 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 647 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 8 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 34 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 15 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 16 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 15 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 12 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 10 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 6 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 8 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 5 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 9 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 14 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 503 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 12 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 110 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 46 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 14 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 27 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 23 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 13 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 90 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 5 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 9 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 25 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 25 records