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Where does the Rainbow Runner live?

Elagatis bipinnulata has 34,410 records in 116 countries and territories, from 1803 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesCarangidaeElagatis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. 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
United States 18,359
Puerto Rico 5,111
Seychelles 940
Côte d'Ivoire 497
Costa Rica 450
United States Minor Outlying Islands 446
Guinea 366
Australia 254
Mayotte 218
Colombia 213
Liberia 198
British Indian Ocean Territory 191
American Samoa 176
Marshall Islands 161
Mauritius 160
Ghana 153
Madagascar 152
Sierra Leone 150
Northern Mariana Islands 130
Cabo Verde 111
French Southern Territories 101
Mexico 96
Solomon Islands 95
Taiwan 92
Indonesia 81
Comoros 69
Gabon 68
Mozambique 65
Ecuador 64
São Tomé & Príncipe 60
Tanzania 50
Panama 42
Malaysia 40
Nigeria 40
Philippines 39
French Polynesia 34
Japan 30
New Caledonia 27
Papua New Guinea 27
Equatorial Guinea 23

Showing the top 40 of 116 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.