Where has the Flagtail Grouper been recorded?

Cephalopholis urodeta occurrence evidence comes from 9,723 records in 31 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

9,723 records
31 places
65 years recorded
— class

Perciformes Serranidae Cephalopholis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

9,723 records across 31 countries and territories, 1902–2026.

Cephalopholis urodeta · GBIF taxon key 2388937

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: April.

11 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: 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

19022026

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

Where Flagtail Grouper has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Flagtail Grouper. 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
American Samoa	3,163
Northern Mariana Islands	2,516
United States Minor Outlying Islands	2,163
Guam	1,024
United States	177
Seychelles	126
Micronesia	104
Philippines	89
Marshall Islands	67
French Polynesia	55
Palau	46
Fiji	38
Indonesia	27
Solomon Islands	27
New Caledonia	22
Vanuatu	14
Wallis & Futuna	14
Australia	11
Mauritius	10
Tonga	9
Papua New Guinea	7
Japan	2
Kiribati	2
Taiwan	2
Samoa	2
Cook Islands	1
China	1
Christmas Island	1
Maldives	1
NR	1
ZZ	1

Related animals

Others in the family Serranidae.

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.