Stichopus chloronotus

Brandt, 1835

Black Cucumber, Greenfish Sea Cucumber

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, Eastern Africa to Indonesia, China, Japan, Guam, Fiji, Samoa and Australia.

Size: 10 inches (25 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits current swept sandy and rocky inner and outer reef bottom areas

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home aquarium trade.

Ingests sand and feeds on the microorganisms and organic matter in the sand.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Holothuroidea

Order: Aspidochirotida

Family: Stichopodidae

Genus: Stichopus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

Collected for the human food market in local areas.