Kingfish
Menticirrhus americanus
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
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Menticirrhus
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 10 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 9 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 11 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 7 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 26 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 2 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 11 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 13 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records