Curryfish
Stichopus herrmanni
Category: Sea Cucumbers
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Holothuroidea
- Order
- Synallactida
- Family
- Stichopodidae
- Genus
- Stichopus
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 13 countries and 6 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 14 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 11 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 39 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 93 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 9 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 6 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 4 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records