Cigar wrasse
Cheilio inermis
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
- Cheilio
Where to Find
Found in 51 diving areas across 24 countries and 7 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 19 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 34 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 34 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 3 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 22 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 25 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 8 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 10 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 9 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 154 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 13 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 8 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 19 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 7 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 156 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 16 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 14 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 6 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 13 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 38 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 34 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 5 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 34 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 6 records