---
title: "Amberfish Sea Cucumber"
description: "Thelenota anax — Outros animais. Thelenota anax is a species of sea cucumber mostly found in the tropical, South Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/amberfish-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amberfish Sea Cucumber

> Thelenota anax — Outros animais. Thelenota anax is a species of sea cucumber mostly found in the tropical, South Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Thelenota anax*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 662
- Wikidata: [Q301271](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301271)
- iNaturalist taxon: [136414](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/136414)

## Names

- en: Amberfish Sea Cucumber
- fr: Holothurie géante

## Countries with the most observations

ID (197), PH (73), FJ (48), NC (35), MY (24), PW (23), JP (13), MV (13), AU (12), PG (11), VU (11), TL (10)

## Summary

Thelenota anax is a species of sea cucumber mostly found in the tropical, South Pacific Ocean. It is also commonly known as the amber fish. Some other names for T. anax are black teatfish, blackfish, brownfish, chief sea cucumber, curryfish, elephant trunk cucumber, lollyfish, tripang, and white-teat sea cucumber. T. anax is found on sandy ocean bottoms and often have ectocommensal relationships. They are commonly fished commercially and exported because of their medicinal properties and large size.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelenota_anax

## Photo

![Amberfish Sea Cucumber](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/amberfish-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/269645759

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/amberfish-sea-cucumber?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).