Butterfish
Scatophagus argus
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
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Scatophagidae
- Genus
- Scatophagus
Where to Find
Found in 33 diving areas across 16 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 17 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 15 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 9 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 14 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 15 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 38 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 20 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 18 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 3 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 18 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 25 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 22 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 3 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 7 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 6 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records