Black-headed Leatherjacket
Pervagor melanocephalus
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
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Monacanthidae
- Genus
- Pervagor
Where to Find
Found in 29 diving areas across 22 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 5 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 5 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 6 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 4 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 16 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 15 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 15 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 9 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 9 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records