Knife razorfish
Cymolutes praetextatus
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
- Cymolutes
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 13 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 13 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 8 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 239 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 3 records