Coral hind
Cephalopholis miniata
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 55 diving areas across 33 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 4 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 6 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 11 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 9 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 5 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 112 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 48 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 19 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 15 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 27 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 5 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 5 records
- Eilat, Israel - 5 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 5 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 10 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 27 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 13 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 8 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 8 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records