Where does the Yellow-margined Snapper live?

Lutjanus fulvus has 7,191 records in 54 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

7,191 records
54 places
114 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLutjanidaeLutjanus

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

Place	Records	Share
United States	1,469
French Polynesia	687
Australia	488
Micronesia	375
Solomon Islands	359
United States Minor Outlying Islands	353
Tonga	286
American Samoa	281
New Caledonia	272
Japan	227
Indonesia	221
Wallis & Futuna	197
Fiji	183
Kiribati	176
Seychelles	175
Northern Mariana Islands	164
Guam	154
Philippines	131
Taiwan	104
Vanuatu	103
Marshall Islands	89
Palau	79
Cocos Islands	67
Papua New Guinea	67
Cook Islands	57
Samoa	55
India	38
Réunion	37
Mayotte	31
Nauru	28
Tuvalu	26
South Africa	25
British Indian Ocean Territory	21
Mauritius	20
Timor-Leste	15
French Southern Territories	14
ZZ	13
Somalia	12
China	11
Mozambique	11

Showing the top 40 of 54 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Lutjanidae.

Black and white snapper

4,018 records

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.