🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Antarctic Big-eye Smelt live?

Bathylagus antarcticus has 4,235 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1874 to 2026. Most records come from Antarctica.

AnimaliaChordataOsmeriformesBathylagidaeBathylagus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Antarctica 2,714
South Georgia 378
Australia 66
Bermuda 61
ZZ 19
Namibia 15
South Africa 9
Angola 8
Chile 7
French Southern Territories 5
New Zealand 4
Argentina 2
Portugal 2
Bouvet Island 1
France 1
Heard & McDonald Islands 1
New Caledonia 1
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.