Where does the Yellowfin Goatfish live?

Mulloidichthys vanicolensis has 5,542 records in 71 countries and territories, from 1829 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

5,542 records
71 places
78 years recorded
— class

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

Place	Records	Share
United States	1,087
Mozambique	651
Egypt	435
Australia	377
Marshall Islands	345
American Samoa	301
French Polynesia	238
United States Minor Outlying Islands	226
Micronesia	188
Tonga	186
Northern Mariana Islands	182
New Caledonia	154
Indonesia	125
Japan	103
Réunion	102
Fiji	82
Guam	57
Solomon Islands	51
South Africa	51
Taiwan	48
Philippines	39
Cook Islands	38
Vanuatu	35
Christmas Island	34
Mayotte	34
Mauritius	25
Maldives	24
Wallis & Futuna	24
Saudi Arabia	21
Palau	20
Papua New Guinea	19
Thailand	19
Cocos Islands	17
Norfolk Island	16
Oman	15
China	14
Chile	13
Seychelles	13
Samoa	13
Kiribati	11

Showing the top 40 of 71 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Mullidae.

Manybar goatfish

27,371 records

Yellowstripe Goatfish

9,011 records

Yellowsaddle Goatfish

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.