Crescent Grunter
Terapon jarbua
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
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Terapontidae
- Genus
- Terapon
Where to Find
Found in 62 diving areas across 36 countries and 6 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 25 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 27 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 5 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 12 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 7 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 13 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 10 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 10 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 14 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 35 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 139 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 9 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 3 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 3 records
- Eilat, Israel - 6 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 6 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 6 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 2 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 9 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 14 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 4 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 16 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 14 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 42 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 45 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 39 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 8 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 30 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 47 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 1 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 5 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 4 records