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Where does the Redbreast wrasse live?

Cheilinus fasciatus has 6,939 records in 56 countries and territories, from 1827 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLabridaeCheilinus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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
Australia 3,330
Indonesia 399
Micronesia 319
Egypt 287
Tonga 242
Marshall Islands 227
Solomon Islands 209
Palau 207
Fiji 184
Thailand 178
Philippines 175
Guam 155
Malaysia 151
New Caledonia 118
Papua New Guinea 89
Saudi Arabia 62
Vanuatu 54
American Samoa 52
Tuvalu 50
Seychelles 40
Madagascar 38
Maldives 38
ZZ 32
Japan 27
United States 27
Mayotte 25
French Polynesia 20
Kiribati 18
Myanmar 18
Wallis & Futuna 17
Cocos Islands 13
Taiwan 13
United States Minor Outlying Islands 13
Timor-Leste 11
Mozambique 10
India 8
British Indian Ocean Territory 8
Singapore 8
Cook Islands 7
Northern Mariana Islands 7

Showing the top 40 of 56 places.

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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.