Batfish
Dactylopterus volitans
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
- Dactylopteriformes
- Family
- Dactylopteridae
- Genus
- Dactylopterus
Where to Find
Found in 57 diving areas across 35 countries and 6 regions.
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 6 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 8 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 13 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 13 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 11 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 9 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 13 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 6 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 3 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 3 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 3 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 3 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 2 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 7 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 9 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 8 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 8 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 10 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 3 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 2 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 1 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 1 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 2 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 2 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 28 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 13 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 30 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records