What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Dotted Cardinalfish been recorded?

Fowleria isostigma occurrence evidence comes from 331 records in 18 countries and territories, from 1933 to 2023. Most records come from Micronesia.

PerciformesApogonidaeFowleria

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

331 records across 18 countries and territories, 1933–2023.

Fowleria isostigma · GBIF taxon key 2397429

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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: July. 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

19332023

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

Where Dotted Cardinalfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Dotted Cardinalfish. 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
Micronesia 77
Palau 62
Fiji 49
Philippines 35
French Polynesia 31
Australia 14
Marshall Islands 12
Indonesia 11
Guam 8
Papua New Guinea 8
Northern Mariana Islands 5
Vietnam 5
Thailand 4
Vanuatu 3
China 2
New Caledonia 2
Tonga 2
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1

Related animals

Others in the family Apogonidae.

Norfolk cardinalfish
46 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.