Stripy
Katsuwonus pelamis
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
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Katsuwonus
Where to Find
Found in 76 diving areas across 49 countries and 10 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 59 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 4 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 13 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 5 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 42 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 36 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 3 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 4 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 34 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 837 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 18 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 52 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 235 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2008 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 488 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 13 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 12 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 5 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 10190 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 25 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Hawaii, United States - 2 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 28 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 101 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 20 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 19 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 22 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records