Threadfin
Chaetodon auriga
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
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Chaetodon
Where to Find
Found in 75 diving areas across 39 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 54 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 54 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 111 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 27 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 34 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 160 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 24 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 56 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 36 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 78 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 30 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 35 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 14 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 47 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 123 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 22 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 165 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 204 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 8 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 21 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 59 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 10 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 141 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 120 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 152 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 11 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 46 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 5 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 11 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 8 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 8 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 7 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 12 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 5 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 176 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 77 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 18 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 11 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 13 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 8 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 16 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 15 records