Spiny Blaasop
Tylerius spinosissimus
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
- Tetraodontidae
- Genus
- Tylerius
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 8 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 11 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 5 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 4 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 7 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records