Where does the yellowtail snapper live?
Ocyurus chrysurus has 98,739 records in 47 countries and territories, from 1827 to 2026. Most records come from United States.
- 98,739 records
- 47 places
- 128 years recorded
- — class
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLutjanidaeOcyurus
When it is recorded
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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.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 73,854 | |
| Puerto Rico | 13,682 | |
| Brazil | 5,391 | |
| US Virgin Islands | 1,328 | |
| Mexico | 1,090 | |
| Colombia | 758 | |
| Guadeloupe | 674 | |
| Belize | 265 | |
| Bahamas | 264 | |
| Martinique | 157 | |
| Honduras | 127 | |
| Cuba | 120 | |
| Bonaire | 119 | |
| Panama | 95 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 93 | |
| Dominican Republic | 86 | |
| British Virgin Islands | 74 | |
| Jamaica | 67 | |
| Cayman Islands | 62 | |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 45 | |
| Aruba | 44 | |
| Curaçao | 43 | |
| ZZ | 36 | |
| Bermuda | 35 | |
| Sint Maarten | 32 | |
| Venezuela | 28 | |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 26 | |
| Saint Martin | 24 | |
| Dominica | 20 | |
| Saint Barthélemy | 13 | |
| Grenada | 13 | |
| Saint Lucia | 11 | |
| Haiti | 10 | |
| St Vincent & the Grenadines | 9 | |
| St Kitts & Nevis | 8 | |
| Nicaragua | 7 | |
| France | 6 | |
| Barbados | 5 | |
| Anguilla | 3 | |
| French Guiana | 3 |
Showing the top 40 of 47 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Lutjanidae.
Mutton snapper
39,450 records
Red Snapper, Two-spot red snapper
19,682 records
Smalltooth Jobfish, Small toothed jobfish
9,350 records
Bluelined Snapper, Common bluestripe snapper
8,566 records
Grey Jobfish, Green jobfish
8,390 records
Paddletail Snapper, Humpback red snapper
8,003 records
Yellow-margined Snapper, Blacktail snapper
7,191 records
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.
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.