Ribbonfish
Lepidopus caudatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: DD - Data Deficient - not enough data to assess extinction risk
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Lepidopus
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 98 records
- South Australia, Australia - 7 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 452 records
- Victoria, Australia - 8 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 37 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 100 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 574 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 62 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 697 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 1 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 30 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 1 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 9 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 36 records
- Azores, Portugal - 168 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 148 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 55 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 72 records
- California, United States - 1 records