What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Little Red Cardinalfish been recorded?

Apogon crassiceps occurrence evidence comes from 248 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1963 to 2023. Most records come from Fiji.

PerciformesApogonidaeApogon

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

248 records across 15 countries and territories, 1963–2023.

Apogon crassiceps · GBIF taxon key 5211725

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19632023

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Little Red Cardinalfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Little Red Cardinalfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Fiji 123
French Polynesia 52
Philippines 30
Solomon Islands 16
Tonga 5
Wallis & Futuna 5
Australia 4
Indonesia 3
New Caledonia 2
Papua New Guinea 2
Palau 2
American Samoa 1
Taiwan 1
United States 1
Vanuatu 1

Related animals

Others in the family Apogonidae.

Norfolk cardinalfish
46 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.