Silver Javelin
Plectorhinchus gibbosus
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
- Haemulidae
- Genus
- Plectorhinchus
Where to Find
Found in 30 diving areas across 21 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 12 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 10 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 10 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 5 records