Where has the Threespot Wrasse been recorded?

Halichoeres trimaculatus occurrence evidence comes from 1,499 records in 29 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

1,499 records
29 places
68 years recorded
— class

Perciformes Labridae Halichoeres

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Evidence found

1,499 records across 29 countries and territories, 1860–2026.

Halichoeres trimaculatus · GBIF taxon key 2384128

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: April.

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.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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 Threespot Wrasse has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Threespot Wrasse. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

Place	Records	Share
American Samoa	235
Philippines	210
Marshall Islands	179
Fiji	123
French Polynesia	123
New Caledonia	112
Palau	89
Kiribati	66
Micronesia	63
United States Minor Outlying Islands	59
Australia	58
Cocos Islands	53
Guam	31
Northern Mariana Islands	25
Solomon Islands	12
Wallis & Futuna	10
Vanuatu	8
ZZ	8
Japan	6
Tonga	6
Papua New Guinea	5
Taiwan	4
Samoa	4
Cook Islands	2
Indonesia	2
Tuvalu	2
United States	2
China	1
Norfolk Island	1

Related animals

Others in the family Labridae.

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse

6,454 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.