Where has the Bigeye Jack been recorded?

Caranx sexfasciatus occurrence evidence comes from 818 records in 55 countries and territories, from 1881 to 2026. Most records come from Mexico.

818 records
55 places
91 years recorded
— class

Perciformes Carangidae Caranx

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

818 records across 55 countries and territories, 1881–2026.

Caranx sexfasciatus · GBIF taxon key 2390776

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: April.

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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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 Bigeye Jack has been recorded

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

Place	Records	Share
Mexico	100
Philippines	67
Northern Mariana Islands	53
American Samoa	42
United States Minor Outlying Islands	39
Micronesia	37
Panama	37
Sri Lanka	35
United States	35
Palau	34
French Polynesia	33
Costa Rica	27
Thailand	25
South Africa	24
Indonesia	23
Colombia	21
Australia	16
Malaysia	14
Guam	13
India	13
Seychelles	12
Ecuador	10
Marshall Islands	10
Japan	9
Pakistan	8
Papua New Guinea	7
Guatemala	6
Solomon Islands	6
France	5
Maldives	5
ZZ	5
Kiribati	4
El Salvador	4
Taiwan	4
Fiji	3
Brunei	2
Cambodia	2
Madagascar	2
Myanmar	2
Mozambique	2

Showing the top 40 of 55 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Carangidae.

Chilean jack mackerel

29 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.