Australian Squirrel-fish
Myripristis violacea
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
- Holocentriformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Myripristis
Where to Find
Found in 48 diving areas across 25 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 15 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 11 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 10 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 37 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 22 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 12 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 8 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 7 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 54 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 89 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 18 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 21 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 17 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 8 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 11 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 10 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 10 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 5 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 16 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 15 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 26 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 12 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 35 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 34 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 109 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 23 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 7 records