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Where does the Longnose Emperor live?

Lethrinus olivaceus has 2,259 records in 47 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

Longnose Emperor
Longnose Emperor β€” Photo: Rickard Zerpe Β· CC BY 2.0 Β· Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLethrinidaeLethrinus

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

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 1,029
French Polynesia 245
Indonesia 128
United States Minor Outlying Islands 102
Philippines 77
Northern Mariana Islands 52
American Samoa 49
Kiribati 45
Micronesia 41
Tuvalu 34
New Caledonia 33
Solomon Islands 33
Marshall Islands 31
Japan 30
Palau 30
Thailand 28
Seychelles 27
Papua New Guinea 26
Fiji 23
Guam 23
Taiwan 20
Wallis & Futuna 20
Mayotte 16
India 14
Malaysia 13
Maldives 12
Nauru 10
Tonga 8
Myanmar 7
Vanuatu 7
United States 6
Cocos Islands 5
Vietnam 5
Mozambique 4
Sri Lanka 3
Madagascar 3
Norfolk Island 3
RΓ©union 3
South Africa 3
Kenya 2

Showing the top 40 of 47 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.