Bristlemouth
Cyclothone microdon
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
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Gonostomatidae
- Genus
- Cyclothone
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 13 countries and 6 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 30 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 4 records
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 10 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 5 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 12 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 100 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 6 records
- Azores, Portugal - 3 records
- Alaska, United States - 74 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 1 records