Ronco
Micropogonias furnieri
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
- Micropogonias
Where to Find
Found in 14 diving areas across 12 countries and 3 regions.
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 8 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 5 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 2 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 6 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 70255 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records