Gutong
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
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
- Sparisoma
Where to Find
Found in 59 diving areas across 31 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 26 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 89 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 82 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 28460 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 4 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 19 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 94 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 22 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 19 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 11 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 30 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 3672 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2528 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 225 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 372 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 315 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 328 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 10 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 21 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 18 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 3 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 24 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 127 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 34 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 52 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 52 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 277 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 198 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 198 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 5 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3898 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3330 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3164 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 209 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 51 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 51 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 29 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 57 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 5088 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 4057 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 339 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 475 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 216 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 303 records
- Utila, Honduras - 494 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 59 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 48 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 104 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3330 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 80 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 15 records