What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Spotted seabass been recorded?

Dicentrarchus punctatus occurrence evidence comes from 1,554 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1938 to 2024. Most records come from Mauritania.

Spotted seabass
Spotted seabass — Photo (display-sized rendition): Fernando Lisón Martín · CC BY-SA 2.5 es · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesMoronidaeDicentrarchus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,554 records across 7 countries and territories, 1938–2024.

Dicentrarchus punctatus · GBIF taxon key 2394640

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.

1 month 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.

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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

19382024

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

Where Spotted seabass has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Spotted seabass. 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
Mauritania 1,531
United States 10
France 9
Israel 1
Morocco 1
Portugal 1
Senegal 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.