Kihikihi
Zanclus cornutus
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
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Zanclidae
- Genus
- Zanclus
Where to Find
Found in 78 diving areas across 39 countries and 8 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 319 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 8 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 11 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 27 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 78 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 75 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 75 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 4 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 16 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 34 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 77 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 40 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 24 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 14 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 48 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 29 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 86 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 80 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 127 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 199 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 20 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 6 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 68 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 436 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 174 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 93 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 320 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 148 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 322 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 16 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 15 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 58 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 5 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 7 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 15 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 9 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 7 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 5 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 13 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 9 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 11 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 15 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 267 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 13 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 3 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 7 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 39 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 7 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 8 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 57 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 179 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 6 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 4 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 4 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 3 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 34 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 15 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 9 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 45 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 10 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 11 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 4 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 40 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 46 records