What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Clown coris been recorded?

Coris aygula occurrence evidence comes from 2,283 records in 28 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from United States Minor Outlying Islands.

Clown coris
Clown coris — Photo (display-sized rendition): Mr. Mohammed Al Momany, Aqaba, Jordan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesLabridaeCoris

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,283 records across 28 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Coris aygula · GBIF taxon key 5209766

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: December.

5 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

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: December. 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

18602026

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

Where Clown coris has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Clown coris. 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 Minor Outlying Islands 765
Northern Mariana Islands 612
American Samoa 364
Australia 267
Guam 65
New Caledonia 46
Egypt 42
French Polynesia 37
Seychelles 20
Marshall Islands 17
Philippines 11
Micronesia 4
Japan 4
Palau 4
Fiji 3
Mauritius 3
Saudi Arabia 3
Tonga 3
Vanuatu 3
Jordan 2
Cocos Islands 1
Cook Islands 1
Israel 1
Kenya 1
Mozambique 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Yemen 1
South Africa 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.