What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Schoolmaster snapper been recorded?

Lutjanus apodus occurrence evidence comes from 39,958 records in 33 countries and territories, from 1883 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesLutjanidaeLutjanus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

39,958 records across 33 countries and territories, 1883–2026.

Lutjanus apodus · GBIF taxon key 2384922

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-20. 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.

9 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

18832026

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

Where Schoolmaster snapper has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Schoolmaster snapper. 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 26,955
Puerto Rico 11,569
US Virgin Islands 918
Belize 215
Bahamas 37
Cayman Islands 32
Mexico 31
Panama 31
Jamaica 28
Bonaire 22
Cuba 18
Curaçao 16
Brazil 13
Colombia 12
ZZ 8
Costa Rica 7
Honduras 7
Trinidad & Tobago 7
Dominican Republic 5
Turks and Caicos Islands 5
Aruba 3
Venezuela 3
Bermuda 2
Ghana 2
Haiti 2
St Vincent & the Grenadines 2
British Virgin Islands 2
Antigua & Barbuda 1
Barbados 1
United Kingdom 1
Martinique 1
Netherlands 1
Suriname 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.