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Priacanthus hamrur
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 47 diving areas across 30 countries and 6 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 29 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 6 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 14 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 42 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 23 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 9 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 7 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 11 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 33 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 11 records
- Dahab, Egypt - 13 records
- Eilat, Israel - 5 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 9 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 9 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records