What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Avocet Snipe-eel been recorded?

Avocettina infans occurrence evidence comes from 594 records in 36 countries and territories, from 1873 to 2024. Most records come from United States.

AnguilliformesNemichthyidaeAvocettina

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

594 records across 36 countries and territories, 1873–2024.

Avocettina infans · GBIF taxon key 5213060

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: August.

12 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.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: August. 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

18732024

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

Where Avocet Snipe-eel has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Avocet Snipe-eel. 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
United States 199
Mexico 133
Indonesia 30
Barbados 15
Bermuda 8
Peru 8
Philippines 8
ZZ 8
Spain 5
France 5
Japan 5
Canada 4
Costa Rica 4
Panama 4
French Polynesia 4
Brazil 2
Bahamas 2
Cabo Verde 2
South Georgia 2
Honduras 2
Kiribati 2
Myanmar 2
Saint Helena 2
Sierra Leone 2
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2
Chile 1
Ecuador 1
Saint Lucia 1
Mauritania 1
Malaysia 1
Mozambique 1
New Caledonia 1
Nicaragua 1
Senegal 1
US Virgin Islands 1
South Africa 1
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.