What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Slender emperor been recorded?

Lethrinus variegatus occurrence evidence comes from 52 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1931 to 2024. Most records come from Australia.

Slender emperor
Slender emperor — Photo (display-sized rendition): Jean-Lou Justine · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesLethrinidaeLethrinus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

52 records across 17 countries and territories, 1931–2024.

Lethrinus variegatus · GBIF taxon key 2374876

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

7 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: May. 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

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

Where Slender emperor has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Slender emperor. 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
Australia 16
Philippines 8
Seychelles 5
Mayotte 5
Indonesia 2
Kiribati 2
Marshall Islands 2
Malaysia 2
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2
Madagascar 1
Maldives 1
New Caledonia 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Somalia 1
Vietnam 1
Yemen 1
South Africa 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.