What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Smooth trunkfish been recorded?

Lactophrys triqueter occurrence evidence comes from 24,559 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1880 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

TetraodontiformesOstraciidaeLactophrys

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

24,559 records across 30 countries and territories, 1880–2026.

Lactophrys triqueter · GBIF taxon key 2408093

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: June.

6 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: 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

18802026

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

Where Smooth trunkfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Smooth trunkfish. 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 19,819
Puerto Rico 4,195
US Virgin Islands 390
Bonaire 25
Mexico 22
Curaçao 20
Belize 16
Trinidad & Tobago 10
ZZ 10
Aruba 9
Netherlands 7
Bahamas 4
Venezuela 4
Bermuda 3
Dominica 3
Cayman Islands 3
Barbados 2
Cuba 2
Dominican Republic 2
Grenada 2
Honduras 2
Costa Rica 1
Jamaica 1
Saint Lucia 1
Martinique 1
Panama 1
Suriname 1
Turks and Caicos Islands 1
St Vincent & the Grenadines 1
British Virgin Islands 1
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.