Telescopefish
Epibulus insidiator
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
- Epibulus
Where to Find
Found in 69 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 11 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 11 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 166 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 404 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 15 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 9 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 20 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 191 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 17 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 22 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 39 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 10 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 27 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 37 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 16 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 128 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 50 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 32 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 155 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 204 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 480 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 24 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 28 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 89 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 53 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 87 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 10 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 12 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 9 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 5 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 26 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 30 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 11 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 16 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 26 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 17 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 26 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 8 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 12 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 9 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 9 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 11 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 36 records