Gorgeous Gussy
Chaetodon guttatissimus
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 21 diving areas across 13 countries and 2 regions.
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 19 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 14 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 8 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 10 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 21 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 6 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 6 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 230 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 44 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 7 records