What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Hornlip mullet been recorded?

Plicomugil labiosus occurrence evidence comes from 139 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1882 to 2024. Most records come from Yemen.

MugiliformesMugilidaePlicomugil

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

139 records across 17 countries and territories, 1882–2024.

Plicomugil labiosus · GBIF taxon key 2400928

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: July.

1 month 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: July. 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

18822024

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

Where Hornlip mullet has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Hornlip mullet. 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
Yemen 106
New Caledonia 7
Philippines 7
Vanuatu 3
United Arab Emirates 2
Micronesia 2
Marshall Islands 2
Egypt 1
Fiji 1
Japan 1
Maldives 1
Oman 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Palau 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Seychelles 1
Somalia 1

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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.