Blue Spotted Hind
Cephalopholis cyanostigma
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 25 diving areas across 10 countries and 4 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 178 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 50 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 5 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 24 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 23 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 16 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 4 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 3 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 12 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records