What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Roundnose lanternfish been recorded?

Centrobranchus nigroocellatus occurrence evidence comes from 553 records in 32 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2021. Most records come from Bermuda.

MyctophiformesMyctophidaeCentrobranchus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

553 records across 32 countries and territories, 1902–2021.

Centrobranchus nigroocellatus · GBIF taxon key 2405822

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: June.

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: June. 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

19022021

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

Where Roundnose lanternfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Roundnose lanternfish. 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
Bermuda 153
United States 132
Mexico 18
ZZ 14
Bahamas 9
Cabo Verde 9
Japan 6
French Polynesia 6
Vietnam 6
Micronesia 5
Chile 4
Cuba 3
Samoa 3
American Samoa 2
Brazil 2
Fiji 2
Northern Mariana Islands 2
Philippines 2
Australia 1
Costa Rica 1
Dominican Republic 1
Kenya 1
Cayman Islands 1
Mozambique 1
New Caledonia 1
Norfolk Island 1
New Zealand 1
Puerto Rico 1
Tonga 1
Tuvalu 1
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1
Vanuatu 1

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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.