Tail-spot Squirrelfish
Sargocentron caudimaculatum
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
- Holocentriformes
- Family
- Holocentridae
- Genus
- Sargocentron
Where to Find
Found in 61 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 6 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 16 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 17 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 9 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 47 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 6 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 4 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 7 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 72 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 106 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 10 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 11 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 81 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 27 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 90 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 39 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 55 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 23 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 24 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 13 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 31 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 4 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 21 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 18 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 30 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 4 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 8 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 8 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 9 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 7 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 36 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 43 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records