What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Bluefin trevally been recorded?

Caranx melampygus occurrence evidence comes from 7,850 records in 46 countries and territories, from 1881 to 2026. Most records come from Mayotte.

Bluefin trevally
Bluefin trevally — Photo (display-sized rendition): Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesCarangidaeCaranx

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

7,850 records across 46 countries and territories, 1881–2026.

Caranx melampygus · GBIF taxon key 2390750

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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

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Peak month: November. 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

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

Where Bluefin trevally has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Bluefin trevally. 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
Mayotte 1,844
United States 1,729
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1,391
Northern Mariana Islands 826
American Samoa 585
Micronesia 273
Seychelles 268
Colombia 197
Guam 124
Marshall Islands 99
Mexico 84
Japan 63
Costa Rica 48
Philippines 41
French Polynesia 39
Panama 34
Palau 29
Indonesia 25
Maldives 25
South Africa 23
Australia 12
Egypt 10
France 9
Sri Lanka 9
New Caledonia 6
Solomon Islands 6
India 5
Kiribati 5
Fiji 4
Myanmar 4
Mozambique 4
Cook Islands 3
Ecuador 3
Mauritius 3
Papua New Guinea 3
Thailand 2
Tonga 2
Vanuatu 2
Samoa 2
Yemen 2

Showing the top 40 of 46 places.

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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.