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Where does the Squirrelfish live?

Holocentrus adscensionis has 37,568 records in 70 countries and territories, from 1835 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Squirrelfish
Squirrelfish — Photo: João D'Andretta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataBeryciformesHolocentridaeHolocentrus

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

18352026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 21,865
Brazil 9,424
Puerto Rico 3,370
US Virgin Islands 748
Guadeloupe 250
Saint Helena 207
Bahamas 173
Colombia 151
Mexico 149
Belize 97
Martinique 89
Bonaire 78
Jamaica 65
Trinidad & Tobago 60
Cuba 59
Cayman Islands 57
Panama 46
Aruba 45
Bermuda 44
Nigeria 40
Honduras 38
Curaçao 37
Venezuela 35
ZZ 29
Ghana 26
Côte d'Ivoire 25
Gabon 23
Turks and Caicos Islands 23
Barbados 20
Sierra Leone 19
Sint Maarten 19
Dominican Republic 18
Cameroon 16
Liberia 16
Saint Lucia 15
British Virgin Islands 15
Antigua & Barbuda 13
Guinea 11
Guyana 11
São Tomé & Príncipe 11

Showing the top 40 of 70 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.