Balatan
Priacanthus arenatus
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
- Priacanthidae
- Genus
- Priacanthus
Where to Find
Found in 42 diving areas across 27 countries and 6 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 95 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 12 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 5 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 9 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 8 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 5 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 5 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 16 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 15 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 17 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 5 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 8 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 8 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 11 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 4 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 15 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 15 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 8 records