Bay Whiff
Citharichthys spilopterus
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
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Citharichthys
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 15 countries and 4 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 21 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 3 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 3 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 3 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 5 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 20 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 16 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 22 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records