What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Barred thicklip been recorded?

Hemigymnus fasciatus occurrence evidence comes from 2,339 records in 34 countries and territories, from 1882 to 2026. Most records come from United States Minor Outlying Islands.

Barred thicklip
Barred thicklip — Photo (display-sized rendition): Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesLabridaeHemigymnus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,339 records across 34 countries and territories, 1882–2026.

Hemigymnus fasciatus · GBIF taxon key 2383744

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: March. 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

18822026

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

Where Barred thicklip has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Barred thicklip. 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 Minor Outlying Islands 939
American Samoa 713
Northern Mariana Islands 364
Guam 55
Seychelles 43
Micronesia 37
French Polynesia 26
United States 26
Australia 19
Philippines 19
Marshall Islands 18
New Caledonia 13
Maldives 11
Indonesia 10
Mauritius 6
Egypt 5
Palau 4
Thailand 4
Papua New Guinea 3
South Africa 3
Kenya 2
Sri Lanka 2
Solomon Islands 2
Tonga 2
Taiwan 2
Vietnam 2
Yemen 2
Djibouti 1
Eritrea 1
Fiji 1
India 1
Japan 1
Myanmar 1
Vanuatu 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.