Sammy Johnson
Scarus taeniopterus
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
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Scaridae
- Genus
- Scarus
Where to Find
Found in 56 diving areas across 29 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 5 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 21 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 37 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4058 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 4 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 39 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 11 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 11 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 12 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 48 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 2431 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1659 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 169 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 177 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 81 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 161 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 10 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 26 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 125 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 40 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 40 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 102 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 49 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 94 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 6 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2658 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2351 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2264 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 103 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 6 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 6 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 38 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 38 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 8 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 37 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 3154 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 2812 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 102 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 81 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 59 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 18 records
- Utila, Honduras - 70 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 18 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 26 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 54 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 400 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 87 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 22 records