Bluefin Gurnard
Chelidonichthys kumu
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
- Perciformes
- Family
- Triglidae
- Genus
- Chelidonichthys
Where to Find
Found in 15 diving areas across 5 countries and 3 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 618 records
- South Australia, Australia - 33 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 926 records
- Victoria, Australia - 82 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 341 records
- Fiordland, New Zealand - 220 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 1852 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 721 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 737 records
- East Coast, South Korea - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 5 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 8 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 14 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records