EndangeredWhale Shark
Rhincodon typus
One of the 4 sea cucumbers on WAnimals
Sea cucumbers · Holothuriida · Holothuriidae
Holothuria scabra
At very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.
It is one of the most commercially important sea cucumbers in Asia, and overfishing has driven aquaculture and restocking programmes in several Pacific and Indian Ocean countries.
Weight
300 g – 1.5 kg
Size
up to 40 cm
Life expectancy
10 years
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: IOPscience (early maturity study) · ResearchGate (reproduction larval rearing study) · Springer (Solomon Islands reproduction study) · SeaLifeBase · Animalia.bio · ScienceDirect (Holothuria fuscogilva growth study)
Best time: All year round on sandy bottoms and seagrass beds of the Indo-Pacific, at night; by day it stays buried in the sand.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 20 of 269.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Golden Sandfish — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
The golden sandfish is classified as endangered. Organisations such as the IUCN, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society work specifically on its conservation and that of its habitat; looking into their programmes is a good starting point if you want to get involved.
It's documented in 13 protected areas — one reason why protecting these places matters for its conservation.
Based on what we already know about golden sandfish.
The pins mark the parks and dive sites where its presence is documented.
