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Selar crumenophthalmus

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

Carangiformes

Family

Carangidae

Genus

Selar

Wikipedia

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 105 diving areas across 58 countries and 9 regions.

• Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
• Sandy Island, Anguilla - 4 records
• Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
• Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
• Bimini, Bahamas - 11 records
• Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
• Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
• Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 7 records
• South Coast, Barbados - 28 records
• West Coast, Barbados - 28 records
• North Shore, Bermuda - 7 records
• Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 23 records
• Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 22 records
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
• Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 10 records
• Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
• Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
• Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 4 records
• Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
• Carriacou, Grenada - 17 records
• Southwest Coast, Grenada - 9 records
• Montego Bay, Jamaica - 2 records
• Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
• Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 5 records
• Diamond Rock, Martinique - 5 records
• Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
• Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 11 records
• La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
• Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
• St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
• Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 5 records
• Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 5 records
• St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 15 records
• Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 12 records
• Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 20 records
• St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 4 records
• St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 23 records
• Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 8 records
• Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 3 records
• Roatán, Honduras - 4 records
• Bocas del Toro, Panama - 41 records
• Coiba National Park, Panama - 39 records
• Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
• Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 5 records
• Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 4 records
• Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
• Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
• Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
• Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
• Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
• Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 12 records
• Savai'i, Samoa - 2 records
• Upolu, Samoa - 4 records
• Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
• Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
• Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
• Vava'u Group, Tonga - 2 records
• Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
• Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 2 records
• Jeju Island, South Korea - 11 records
• Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
• Santiago, Cape Verde - 3 records
• Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
• Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
• Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
• Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 7 records
• Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
• Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
• Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
• Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
• São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 4 records
• Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
• Inner Islands, Seychelles - 27 records
• KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
• Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 233 records
• Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
• Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 2 records
• Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 16 records
• Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
• Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
• Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 17 records
• Socorro Islands, Mexico - 11 records
• Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 11 records
• Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 24 records
• Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 6 records
• Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 1 records
• Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
• Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 4 records
• Bali, Indonesia - 3 records
• Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
• Halmahera, Indonesia - 4 records
• Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
• Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 26 records
• Redang Island, Malaysia - 19 records
• Sipadan, Malaysia - 5 records
• Tioman Island, Malaysia - 19 records
• Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
• Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
• Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
• Subic Bay, Philippines - 11 records
• Visayas, Philippines - 33 records
• Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records
• Koh Tao, Thailand - 11 records
• Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records