Butterfish

Eucinostomus melanopterus

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

Gerreidae

Genus

Eucinostomus

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 34 diving areas across 22 countries and 5 regions.

• Bimini, Bahamas - 6 records
• South Coast, Barbados - 12 records
• West Coast, Barbados - 12 records
• Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
• Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
• Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
• Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
• Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
• Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
• Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 11 records
• La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 13 records
• Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 14 records
• St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
• Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
• Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 13 records
• St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
• St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
• Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
• Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 10 records
• Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 16 records
• Roatán, Honduras - 12 records
• Utila, Honduras - 17 records
• Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
• Bocas del Toro, Panama - 191 records
• Coiba National Park, Panama - 191 records
• Santiago, Cape Verde - 2 records
• Socorro Islands, Mexico - 10 records
• Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 4 records
• Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 54 records
• Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 13 records
• Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 4 records
• Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 9 records
• Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 11 records