Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Istiophoridae
- Genus
- Istiophorus
Where to Find
Found in 35 diving areas across 24 countries and 8 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 20 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 7 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 4 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 7 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 10 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 6 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 23 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 89 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 29 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 6 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 5 records