Where does the lolly fish live?

Holothuria atra has 10,809 records in 82 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from New Caledonia.

10,809 records
82 places
99 years recorded
Holothuroidea class

AnimaliaEchinodermataHolothuroideaHolothuriidaHolothuriidaeHolothuria

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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

Place	Records	Share
New Caledonia	1,209
French Polynesia	1,037
United States	848
Wallis & Futuna	751
Australia	749
Cook Islands	732
Palau	633
Fiji	507
Samoa	480
Indonesia	378
Vanuatu	358
Micronesia	354
Ecuador	218
Tonga	216
Marshall Islands	203
Papua New Guinea	203
United States Minor Outlying Islands	152
Thailand	150
Nauru	136
Solomon Islands	129
Kiribati	121
Japan	106
Philippines	105
Taiwan	85
Seychelles	84
Egypt	77
Maldives	74
Malaysia	71
Kenya	54
India	49
Tanzania	39
Niue	38
Tuvalu	38
Sri Lanka	32
Saudi Arabia	32
Cocos Islands	28
Mauritius	27
Madagascar	25
Norfolk Island	25
Guam	24

Showing the top 40 of 82 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Holothuriidae.

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.