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Helicolenus dactylopterus
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
- Sebastidae
- Genus
- Helicolenus
Where to Find
Found in 31 diving areas across 20 countries and 5 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 6 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 4 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1264 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 138 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 91 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 324 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 5 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 93 records
- Azores, Portugal - 378 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 238 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 59 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 484 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 50 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 51 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 2 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 4 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 104 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 2 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 10 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records