Wrasse
Stethojulis interrupta
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 36 diving areas across 21 countries and 5 regions.
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 9 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 52 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 36 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 11 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 2 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 8 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 8 records
- Safaga, Egypt - 6 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 7 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 24 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 23 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 20 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 3 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 3 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 16 records