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Where does the Yellowstripe Goatfish live?

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus has 9,011 records in 64 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesMullidaeMulloidichthys

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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 2,378
Marshall Islands 1,371
French Polynesia 794
New Caledonia 764
Australia 604
Egypt 347
United States Minor Outlying Islands 198
Tonga 193
Micronesia 190
Seychelles 156
Indonesia 155
RΓ©union 132
Fiji 123
Solomon Islands 117
Mauritius 106
Philippines 106
Norfolk Island 99
Japan 98
Guam 92
Cook Islands 90
Northern Mariana Islands 75
Vanuatu 67
Mozambique 61
Palau 60
Mayotte 52
American Samoa 51
Maldives 50
Yemen 47
Samoa 44
Wallis & Futuna 35
Papua New Guinea 33
ZZ 31
Cocos Islands 28
British Indian Ocean Territory 27
Israel 25
Tuvalu 25
Kiribati 21
Taiwan 20
South Africa 17
Madagascar 14

Showing the top 40 of 64 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Mullidae.

Manybar goatfish
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27,371 records
Yellowsaddle Goatfish
8,092 records
Yellowfin Goatfish
5,542 records
Insular Goatfish
5,229 records
Long-barbel goatfish
2,305 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.