🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Longfin Bannerfish live?

Heniochus acuminatus has 4,355 records in 69 countries and territories, from 1769 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesChaetodontidaeHeniochus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 1,880
New Caledonia 435
Thailand 199
Japan 178
Indonesia 136
Fiji 131
French Polynesia 120
RΓ©union 100
Taiwan 93
South Africa 85
Philippines 81
Madagascar 64
Malaysia 58
India 54
United States 47
Kiribati 44
Seychelles 39
Oman 37
Maldives 35
Mayotte 33
Sri Lanka 32
Mozambique 32
Egypt 30
Solomon Islands 29
Hong Kong 28
Marshall Islands 27
Papua New Guinea 25
Mauritius 23
Tonga 20
Nauru 19
Tanzania 18
Vanuatu 18
Kenya 16
Micronesia 14
Wallis & Futuna 14
United Arab Emirates 13
Djibouti 11
Palau 11
French Southern Territories 10
ZZ 10

Showing the top 40 of 69 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.