pearl-side
Maurolicus muelleri
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
- Stomiiformes
- Family
- Sternoptychidae
- Genus
- Maurolicus
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 19 countries and 7 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 4 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 351 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 32 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 2 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 438 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 63 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 2 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 15 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 9 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 96 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 27 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 1273 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 126 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 5 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 10 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3 records