What Animal Lives Where

Where has the showy bristlemouth been recorded?

Cyclothone signata occurrence evidence comes from 8,412 records in 24 countries and territories, from 1899 to 2024. Most records come from United States.

StomiiformesGonostomatidaeCyclothone

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

8,412 records across 24 countries and territories, 1899–2024.

Cyclothone signata · GBIF taxon key 7949609

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.

12 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: 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

18992024

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

Where showy bristlemouth has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for showy bristlemouth. 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 4,159
Mexico 2,614
Ecuador 24
Bermuda 22
New Caledonia 18
Chile 11
Costa Rica 10
Colombia 3
Kiribati 3
Panama 3
Honduras 2
Japan 2
Marshall Islands 2
Nicaragua 2
Peru 2
French Polynesia 2
American Samoa 1
Brazil 1
France 1
United Kingdom 1
Indonesia 1
India 1
Morocco 1
El Salvador 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.