What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Yellow-margined Snapper been recorded?

Lutjanus fulvus occurrence evidence comes from 2,676 records in 39 countries and territories, from 1881 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Yellow-margined Snapper
Yellow-margined Snapper — Photo (display-sized rendition): Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesLutjanidaeLutjanus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,676 records across 39 countries and territories, 1881–2026.

Lutjanus fulvus · GBIF taxon key 2385096

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: April.

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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. 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 Yellow-margined Snapper has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Yellow-margined 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 891
Micronesia 334
United States Minor Outlying Islands 248
American Samoa 240
French Polynesia 166
Seychelles 163
Northern Mariana Islands 112
Guam 102
Kiribati 77
Philippines 77
Marshall Islands 46
Palau 36
Indonesia 28
Mayotte 22
New Caledonia 15
South Africa 14
Fiji 12
Cocos Islands 11
Australia 9
Vanuatu 9
British Indian Ocean Territory 8
Solomon Islands 8
Papua New Guinea 7
Somalia 6
Wallis & Futuna 6
India 5
ZZ 4
Tonga 3
Cook Islands 2
Japan 2
Sri Lanka 2
Mauritius 2
Thailand 2
Samoa 2
Madagascar 1
Myanmar 1
Maldives 1
Mozambique 1
Yemen 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.