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Where does the Clown coris, Clown wrasse live?

Coris aygula has 8,889 records in 50 countries and territories, from 1769 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLabridaeCoris

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. 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 3,830
United States Minor Outlying Islands 952
Northern Mariana Islands 861
Egypt 685
French Polynesia 518
American Samoa 466
Tonga 224
New Caledonia 220
Cook Islands 114
Japan 112
RΓ©union 110
Guam 87
Fiji 81
Marshall Islands 78
Niue 62
Israel 60
Taiwan 55
Mauritius 50
Saudi Arabia 34
South Africa 26
Palau 24
Vanuatu 24
Kenya 21
Seychelles 21
Wallis & Futuna 20
Kiribati 19
Jordan 16
Micronesia 15
Mozambique 13
Philippines 13
French Southern Territories 12
Papua New Guinea 8
Tuvalu 8
Cocos Islands 7
Nauru 6
Mayotte 5
ZZ 5
Indonesia 4
Madagascar 3
Norfolk Island 3

Showing the top 40 of 50 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.