Gaper
Champsodon capensis
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
- Acropomatiformes
- Family
- Champsodontidae
- Genus
- Champsodon
Where to Find
Found in 7 diving areas across 4 countries and 1 regions.
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 234 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 14 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records