What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Goldlined Emperor been recorded?

Gnathodentex aureolineatus occurrence evidence comes from 1,587 records in 31 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

Goldlined Emperor
Goldlined Emperor — Photo (display-sized rendition): Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesLethrinidaeGnathodentex

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,587 records across 31 countries and territories, 1902–2026.

Gnathodentex aureolineatus · GBIF taxon key 2374957

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: February.

9 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

19022026

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

Where Goldlined Emperor has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Goldlined Emperor. 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
American Samoa 413
Northern Mariana Islands 237
Micronesia 218
Marshall Islands 197
Mayotte 162
Guam 86
United States Minor Outlying Islands 62
New Caledonia 34
Philippines 34
French Polynesia 31
Seychelles 29
Maldives 13
Palau 12
Mauritius 8
Solomon Islands 7
United States 7
Fiji 6
Wallis & Futuna 6
Australia 4
Papua New Guinea 3
Indonesia 2
British Indian Ocean Territory 2
Japan 2
Kiribati 2
Tonga 2
ZZ 2
India 1
Réunion 1
Thailand 1
Tokelau 1
Samoa 1

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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.