What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Slender snipe eel been recorded?

Nemichthys scolopaceus occurrence evidence comes from 1,401 records in 49 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2024. Most records come from United States.

AnguilliformesNemichthyidaeNemichthys

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,401 records across 49 countries and territories, 1875–2024.

Nemichthys scolopaceus · GBIF taxon key 2403686

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. 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.

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.

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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

18752024

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

Where Slender snipe eel has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Slender snipe eel. 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 584
Mexico 158
Bermuda 75
Costa Rica 63
Cabo Verde 42
Nicaragua 21
Peru 20
Kiribati 19
Angola 12
Panama 12
Australia 10
Spain 10
Japan 10
Canada 9
Philippines 9
Indonesia 8
Mauritania 8
Western Sahara 7
Italy 7
Taiwan 7
Ecuador 6
Gambia 4
Honduras 4
Colombia 3
Namibia 3
El Salvador 3
Brazil 2
Gabon 2
South Georgia 2
Guatemala 2
Ireland 2
French Polynesia 2
Saint Helena 2
Somalia 2
ZZ 2
Bahamas 1
France 1
United Kingdom 1
Guinea-Bissau 1
Myanmar 1

Showing the top 40 of 49 places.

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.