Indian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
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
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Scombridae
- Genus
- Rastrelliger
Where to Find
Found in 50 diving areas across 29 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 113 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 48 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 6 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 11 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 18 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 16 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 13 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 25 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 3 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 19 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 21 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 18 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 11 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 21 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 10 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records