Clown Tang
Naso lituratus
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
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Acanthuridae
- Genus
- Naso
Where to Find
Found in 61 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 191 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 19 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 20 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 5 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 11 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 18 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 64 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 24 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 4 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 37 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 459 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 136 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 486 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 649 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 314 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 105 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 70 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 127 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 17 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 61 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1086 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 46 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 50 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 298 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 102 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 264 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 15 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 25 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 43 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 5 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 10 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 8 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 8 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 24 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 10 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 9 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 25 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 27 records