Where does the Spotfin Squirrelfish live?

Neoniphon sammara has 5,509 records in 59 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

5,509 records
59 places
120 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataBeryciformesHolocentridaeNeoniphon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. 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	724
Australia	705
Egypt	471
French Polynesia	418
Tonga	298
New Caledonia	266
Indonesia	216
Fiji	207
American Samoa	185
Saudi Arabia	143
Marshall Islands	133
Seychelles	128
United States Minor Outlying Islands	124
Micronesia	105
Guam	103
Japan	100
Palau	98
Northern Mariana Islands	95
Philippines	94
Vanuatu	82
Wallis & Futuna	77
British Indian Ocean Territory	73
Solomon Islands	68
Papua New Guinea	52
ZZ	50
Maldives	49
Samoa	43
Mauritius	37
Réunion	37
Kenya	34
Taiwan	34
Tuvalu	26
Madagascar	24
Cook Islands	22
Kiribati	22
India	21
Norfolk Island	20
Tanzania	20
Mozambique	19
Mayotte	13

Showing the top 40 of 59 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Holocentridae.

Whitetail Squirrelfish

4,053 records

Tahitian Squirrelfish

3,774 records

Bronze Soldierfish

1,264 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.