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Hoplostethus mediterraneus
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
- Trachichthyiformes
- Family
- Trachichthyidae
- Genus
- Hoplostethus
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 17 countries and 5 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 197 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 42 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 52 records
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 4 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 75 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 3 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 108 records
- Azores, Portugal - 16 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 113 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 18 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 2 records