What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Tropical carp-gudgeon been recorded?

Hypseleotris cyprinoides occurrence evidence comes from 300 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1909 to 2023. Most records come from South Africa.

PerciformesEleotridaeHypseleotris

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

300 records across 7 countries and territories, 1909–2023.

Hypseleotris cyprinoides · GBIF taxon key 2386337

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: April.

1 month 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

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

19092023

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

Where Tropical carp-gudgeon has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Tropical carp-gudgeon. 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
South Africa 281
Philippines 8
Palau 3
Solomon Islands 3
Indonesia 2
Papua New Guinea 2
Fiji 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.