Rockfish

Mycteroperca bonaci

Category: Reef Fish

IUCN Conservation Status: NT - Near Threatened - close to qualifying for a threatened category in the near future

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Epinephelidae
Genus: Mycteroperca

Where to Find

Found in 40 diving areas across 21 countries and 5 regions.

Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
Bimini, Bahamas - 1606 records
Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 8 records
Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 9 records
Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
North Shore, Bermuda - 6 records
Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 3 records
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 12 records
Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 16 records
Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
Carriacou, Grenada - 2 records
Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 3 records
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
Ambergris Caye, Belize - 13 records
Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 36 records
Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 7 records
Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 26 records
Utila, Honduras - 34 records
Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
Cozumel, Mexico - 3 records
Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 3 records
Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 36 records
Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 19 records
Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 17 records
Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 8 records
Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records