What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Smallmouth grunt been recorded?

Haemulon chrysargyreum occurrence evidence comes from 24,130 records in 24 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesHaemulidaeHaemulon

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

24,130 records across 24 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Haemulon chrysargyreum · GBIF taxon key 2382524

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: June.

6 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.

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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.

Records over time

18602026

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

Where Smallmouth grunt has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Smallmouth grunt. 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 21,258
Puerto Rico 2,512
US Virgin Islands 217
Brazil 41
Curaçao 26
Bonaire 14
Bahamas 11
Trinidad & Tobago 10
Barbados 9
Belize 6
Aruba 4
Colombia 3
Dominica 3
Jamaica 2
Saint Lucia 2
Netherlands 2
Panama 2
Venezuela 2
Cuba 1
Honduras 1
Cayman Islands 1
Martinique 1
Mexico 1
St Vincent & the Grenadines 1

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Others in the family Haemulidae.

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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.