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Where does the Mutton snapper live?

Lutjanus analis has 39,450 records in 41 countries and territories, from 1827 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Mutton snapper
Mutton snapper — D Ross Robertson / Public domain · source
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLutjanidaeLutjanus

When it is recorded

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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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 23,867
Puerto Rico 13,901
Mexico 297
US Virgin Islands 180
Guadeloupe 173
Belize 140
Cayman Islands 135
Brazil 132
Colombia 116
Bahamas 106
Honduras 85
Panama 79
Cuba 48
Martinique 44
Jamaica 25
Venezuela 20
Curaçao 14
ZZ 11
Turks and Caicos Islands 10
Bonaire 8
Dominica 8
French Guiana 6
Saint Martin 6
Saint Barthélemy 5
St Vincent & the Grenadines 5
Trinidad & Tobago 4
Bermuda 3
Dominican Republic 3
Saint Lucia 3
Grenada 2
Sint Maarten 2
Antigua & Barbuda 1
Costa Rica 1
France 1
Guatemala 1
Guyana 1
Haiti 1
Mauritania 1
Suriname 1
Uruguay 1

Showing the top 40 of 41 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.