Graysby
Cephalopholis cruentata
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 63 diving areas across 32 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 5 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 17 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 3500 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 12 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 13 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 23 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 41 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 42 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 42 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 7 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 18 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1441 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1149 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 123 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 162 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 107 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 82 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 17 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 13 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 4 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 7 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 68 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 8 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 13 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 10 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 6 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 88 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 67 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 63 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 10 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 10 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1166 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1116 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1081 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 50 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 13 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 10 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 15 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 16 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1574 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1541 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 143 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 185 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 120 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 20 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 85 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 5 records
- Utila, Honduras - 197 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 14 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 9 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 5 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 31 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1689 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 32 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 7 records