Immaculate Squirrelfish
Myripristis vittata
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 31 diving areas across 23 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 7 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 7 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 13 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 21 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 15 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 7 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 6 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 11 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 14 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 17 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 15 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 10 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 14 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 7 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 7 records