Bluewing Searobin
Prionotus punctatus
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
- Perciformes
- Family
- Triglidae
- Genus
- Prionotus
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 14 countries and 3 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 4 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 5 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 4 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 3 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 18 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 30 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records