Racoon
Chaetodon lunula
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 63 diving areas across 35 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 5 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 5 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 9 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 34 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 11 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 34 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 34 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 20 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 7 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 7 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 54 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 35 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 52 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 74 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 9 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 256 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 15 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 26 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 35 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 30 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 50 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 5 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 9 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 4 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 9 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 9 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 9 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 15 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 7 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 11 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 140 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 29 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 25 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 5 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 11 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 11 records