Silver-cheeked Toadfish
Lagocephalus sceleratus
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
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Lagocephalus
Where to Find
Found in 34 diving areas across 22 countries and 7 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 28 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 89 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 39 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 3 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 1 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 2 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 3 records
- Alonissos Marine Park, Greece - 28 records
- Crete, Greece - 29 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 38 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 7 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 37 records
- Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 1 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 3 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 58 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 29 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 4 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 1 records