Caranx ruber, Turks & Caicos, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Caranx ruber, Abrolhos, Bahia, Brazil, Photo: Sophie Edgar
Caranx ruber, Belize, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Distribution
Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean
Description
Information
Habitat: Coral Reef, Open ocean, Rocky Reef
Rarity
Threats: Exploitation
Occurrence: Common (22% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (11 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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