Checkered Seaperch
Lutjanus decussatus
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
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Lutjanidae
- Genus
- Lutjanus
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 11 countries and 5 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 27 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 19 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 3 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 20 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 10 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 5 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 16 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 5 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 4 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 21 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 21 records