Redcoat
Sargocentron rubrum
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 50 diving areas across 30 countries and 8 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 13 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 7 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 6 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 9 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 9 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 2 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 2 records
- Crete, Greece - 12 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 28 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 25 records
- Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 10 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 2 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 2 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 10 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 10 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 12 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 12 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 4 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 10 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 8 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 15 records