Bass
Polyprion americanus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: DD - Data Deficient - not enough data to assess extinction risk
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acropomatiformes
- Family
- Polyprionidae
- Genus
- Polyprion
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 9 countries and 4 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 57 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 51 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 189 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 23 records
- Corsica, France - 2 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 24 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 97 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 1 records
- New England, United States - 1 records