Harlequin tuskfish
Choerodon fasciatus
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
- Choerodon
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 7 countries and 4 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 207 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 214 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records