Leopard Hind
Cephalopholis leopardus
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 47 diving areas across 27 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 21 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 24 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 10 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 22 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 28 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 11 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 49 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 76 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 92 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 8 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 26 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 14 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 10 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 6 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 61 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 10 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 21 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 46 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 47 records