Sandfish
Holothuria scabra
Category: Sea Cucumbers
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Holothuriida
- Family
- Holothuriidae
- Genus
- Holothuria
Where to Find
Found in 19 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 53 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 6 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 9 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 51 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records