Spotted Goatfish
Pseudupeneus maculatus
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
- Mulliformes
- Family
- Mullidae
- Genus
- Pseudupeneus
Where to Find
Found in 60 diving areas across 31 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 4 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 11 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4114 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 3 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 5 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 6 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 25 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 43 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 43 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 6 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1227 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1013 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 29 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 6 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 2 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 29 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 8 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 5 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 4 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 12 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 27 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 10 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 836 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 442 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 465 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 7 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 17 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 17 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 12 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 7 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 10 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 3 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1289 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1272 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 16 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 45 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 9 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 71 records
- Utila, Honduras - 84 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 6 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 8 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 86 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 50 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 64 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 35 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 61 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 5 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 8 records