Springer
Mugil cephalus
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
- Mugiliformes
- Family
- Mugilidae
- Genus
- Mugil
Where to Find
Found in 72 diving areas across 47 countries and 11 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 115 records
- South Australia, Australia - 8 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 478 records
- Victoria, Australia - 14 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 8 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 23 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 62 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 3 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 6 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 6 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 11 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 11 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 3 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 7 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 28 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 18 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 12 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 8 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 8 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 30 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 12 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 27 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 108 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 2 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 4 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 6 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 6 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 21 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 18 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 115 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 72 records
- Eilat, Israel - 2 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 34 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 4 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 23 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 8 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 8 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 9 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records