Orange-axil wrasse
Stethojulis bandanensis
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 50 diving areas across 25 countries and 7 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 83 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 91 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 127 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 8 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 7 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 200 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 11 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 14 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 53 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 14 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 3 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 10 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 16 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 81 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 109 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 167 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 152 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 68 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 110 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 9 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 7 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 19 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 154 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 59 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 7 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 40 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 38 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 274 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 34 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 29 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 31 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 15 records