Blackspotted wrasse
Macropharyngodon meleagris
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
- Labridae
- Genus
- Macropharyngodon
Where to Find
Found in 33 diving areas across 20 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 7 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 7 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 17 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 6 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 7 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 28 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 24 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 11 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 713 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 106 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 36 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 56 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 6 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 27 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 16 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 16 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 11 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 20 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 25 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 22 records