Bandcheek wrasse
Oxycheilinus digramma
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
- Labridae
- Genus
- Oxycheilinus
Where to Find
Found in 65 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 4 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 366 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 4 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 10 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 59 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 81 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 6 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 5 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 452 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 16 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 8 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 295 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 103 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 241 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 10 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 11 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 5 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 10 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 12 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 15 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 46 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 30 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 7 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 5 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 52 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 17 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 42 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 39 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 16 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 35 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 7 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 43 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 54 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 8 records