Catfish
Odontoscion dentex
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
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Odontoscion
Where to Find
Found in 35 diving areas across 22 countries and 3 regions.
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 177 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 21 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 21 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 21 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 21 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 5 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 4 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 3 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 12 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 17 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 28 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 27 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 12 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 12 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 9 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 4 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 21 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 10 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 5 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 52 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 16 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 168 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 21 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 5 records