Floral wrasse
Cheilinus chlorourus
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
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Cheilinus
Where to Find
Found in 62 diving areas across 31 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 6 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 6 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 28 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 63 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 81 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 27 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 14 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 64 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 29 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 15 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 37 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 14 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 18 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 27 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 5 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 50 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 81 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 70 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 115 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 10 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 20 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 230 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 206 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 221 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 11 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 41 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 4 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 13 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 9 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 12 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 9 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 15 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 30 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 8 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 16 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 8 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 18 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 18 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 8 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 10 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 46 records