Mozambique mouth-breeder
Oreochromis mossambicus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Oreochromis
Where to Find
Found in 40 diving areas across 25 countries and 9 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 17 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 17 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 4 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 16 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 19 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 17 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 10 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
- Lake Atitlan, Guatemala - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 19 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 238 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 651 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 12 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 7 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 3 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 2 records