Largescaled Terapon
Terapon theraps
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 24 diving areas across 16 countries and 5 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 75 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 84 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 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
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 8 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 9 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 4 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 6 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 10 records