Silverfish
Trichiurus lepturus
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
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Trichiuridae
- Genus
- Trichiurus
Where to Find
Found in 52 diving areas across 33 countries and 9 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 142 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 207 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 4 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 5 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 2 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 5 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 4 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 13 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 11 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 10 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 12 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 33 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 33 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 2 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 3 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 6 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 11712 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 8 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 5 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 8 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 7 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 19 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 12 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records