Estuary Cod
Epinephelus coioides
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
- Perciformes
- Family
- Epinephelidae
- Genus
- Epinephelus
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 17 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 40 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 17 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 17 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 3 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 12 records