What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Atlantic smallwing flyingfish been recorded?

Oxyporhamphus micropterus occurrence evidence comes from 1,491 records in 53 countries and territories, from 1889 to 2024. Most records come from Mexico.

BeloniformesHemiramphidaeOxyporhamphus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,491 records across 53 countries and territories, 1889–2024.

Oxyporhamphus micropterus · GBIF taxon key 4286186

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

11 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

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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.

Records over time

18892024

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

Where Atlantic smallwing flyingfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Atlantic smallwing flyingfish. 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
Mexico 313
Costa Rica 174
United States 74
France 41
Colombia 37
Ecuador 37
Oman 37
El Salvador 30
Guatemala 27
Panama 20
ZZ 19
Seychelles 17
Nicaragua 15
Somalia 13
Philippines 11
Thailand 8
Côte d'Ivoire 7
Indonesia 7
India 7
Vietnam 5
Micronesia 4
Maldives 4
Brazil 3
Dominican Republic 3
French Guiana 3
Ghana 3
United States Minor Outlying Islands 3
St Vincent & the Grenadines 3
Cuba 2
Grenada 2
Guinea 2
Jamaica 2
Cambodia 2
Kiribati 2
Liberia 2
Venezuela 2
Yemen 2
Barbados 1
Bermuda 1
Canada 1

Showing the top 40 of 53 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.