Where does the Sling-jaw wrasse live?
Epibulus insidiator has 11,036 records in 55 countries and territories, from 1830 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.
- 11,036 records
- 55 places
- 101 years recorded
- — class
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLabridaeEpibulus
When it is recorded
JFMAMJJASOND
Peak month: October. 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
18302026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4,077 | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | 1,075 | |
| French Polynesia | 835 | |
| United States | 688 | |
| American Samoa | 634 | |
| Egypt | 611 | |
| Guam | 348 | |
| Micronesia | 268 | |
| Fiji | 236 | |
| Tonga | 226 | |
| New Caledonia | 208 | |
| Indonesia | 183 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 180 | |
| Palau | 158 | |
| Thailand | 140 | |
| Marshall Islands | 130 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 80 | |
| Seychelles | 75 | |
| Solomon Islands | 74 | |
| Philippines | 66 | |
| Wallis & Futuna | 66 | |
| Japan | 64 | |
| Malaysia | 63 | |
| Maldives | 61 | |
| India | 54 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | |
| Réunion | 33 | |
| Myanmar | 32 | |
| Madagascar | 31 | |
| Mayotte | 28 | |
| Cook Islands | 24 | |
| Tuvalu | 23 | |
| Kenya | 22 | |
| Taiwan | 21 | |
| Kiribati | 20 | |
| Vanuatu | 19 | |
| Mauritius | 18 | |
| Vietnam | 18 | |
| Cocos Islands | 17 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 15 |
Showing the top 40 of 55 places.
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Yellow Wrasse
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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.
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.