What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Spotfin dragonet been recorded?

Foetorepus agassizii occurrence evidence comes from 250 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1885 to 2023. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesCallionymidaeFoetorepus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

250 records across 17 countries and territories, 1885–2023.

Foetorepus agassizii · GBIF taxon key 2386564

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

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: February. 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

18852023

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

Where Spotfin dragonet has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Spotfin dragonet. 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 156
Curaçao 27
ZZ 15
Brazil 12
Nicaragua 10
Belize 6
Venezuela 6
Colombia 4
Mexico 3
Bermuda 2
Honduras 2
Suriname 2
Barbados 1
Bahamas 1
Cuba 1
Puerto Rico 1
Trinidad & Tobago 1

Related animals

Others in the family Callionymidae.

Dragonet
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2,703 records
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.