Belted wrasse
Stethojulis balteata
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
- Labridae
- Genus
- Stethojulis
Where to Find
Found in 20 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 74 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 11 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 23 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 22 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records