What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Pacific saury been recorded?

Cololabis saira occurrence evidence comes from 11,137 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2025. Most records come from United States.

BeloniformesScomberesocidaeCololabis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

11,137 records across 9 countries and territories, 1860–2025.

Cololabis saira · GBIF taxon key 2369261

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: May.

10 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: May. 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

18602025

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

Where Pacific saury has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Pacific saury. 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
United States 8,301
Mexico 1,961
Canada 16
Japan 10
Russia 5
Peru 4
Costa Rica 3
Australia 1
Chile 1
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.