Blackfinned triplespine
Triacanthus biaculeatus
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
- Tetraodontiformes
- Family
- Triacanthidae
- Genus
- Triacanthus
Where to Find
Found in 8 diving areas across 7 countries and 2 regions.
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 12 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 1 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 4 records