Golden trevally
Gnathanodon speciosus
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
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Gnathanodon
Where to Find
Found in 39 diving areas across 28 countries and 7 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 40 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 39 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 5 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 5 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 119 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 21 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 3 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records