Evidence found
42,670 records across 48 countries and territories, 1950–2024.
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum · GBIF taxon key 2397724
Where has the Escolar been recorded?
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum occurrence evidence comes from 42,670 records in 48 countries and territories, from 1950 to 2024. Most records come from United States.
- 42,670 records
- 48 places
- 34 years recorded
- — class
Observation evidence passport
Source coverage
CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.
Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.
What this means
The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.
12 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
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Peak month: January. 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
19502024
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where Escolar has been recorded
The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Escolar. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 24,858 | |
| ZZ | 10,836 | |
| Cuba | 1,637 | |
| Mexico | 1,152 | |
| Bahamas | 575 | |
| US Virgin Islands | 287 | |
| Puerto Rico | 199 | |
| Haiti | 183 | |
| Venezuela | 126 | |
| Dominican Republic | 76 | |
| Dominica | 20 | |
| Guadeloupe | 19 | |
| Spain | 15 | |
| Cayman Islands | 15 | |
| Portugal | 15 | |
| Costa Rica | 12 | |
| Bonaire | 11 | |
| Bermuda | 10 | |
| Aruba | 9 | |
| Martinique | 9 | |
| Cabo Verde | 8 | |
| Brazil | 7 | |
| Colombia | 7 | |
| French Guiana | 6 | |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 5 | |
| Curaçao | 5 | |
| Honduras | 4 | |
| Jamaica | 4 | |
| Anguilla | 3 | |
| Canada | 3 | |
| Morocco | 3 | |
| Panama | 3 | |
| Philippines | 3 | |
| Suriname | 3 | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | 2 | |
| St Vincent & the Grenadines | 2 | |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | |
| Chile | 1 | |
| Ecuador | 1 | |
| Micronesia | 1 |
Showing the top 40 of 48 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Gempylidae.
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.
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.