What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Narrowstripe Cardinalfish been recorded?

Pristiapogon exostigma occurrence evidence comes from 474 records in 29 countries and territories, from 1929 to 2023. Most records come from Fiji.

PerciformesApogonidaePristiapogon

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

474 records across 29 countries and territories, 1929–2023.

Pristiapogon exostigma · GBIF taxon key 7193009

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: May.

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

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Peak month: May. 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

19292023

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

Where Narrowstripe Cardinalfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Narrowstripe Cardinalfish. 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
Fiji 94
Micronesia 72
French Polynesia 70
Philippines 45
Marshall Islands 34
Palau 34
Vanuatu 20
Tonga 16
Papua New Guinea 14
Solomon Islands 13
Indonesia 8
Australia 7
Wallis & Futuna 7
Egypt 6
Northern Mariana Islands 6
Saudi Arabia 5
ZZ 5
Madagascar 3
New Caledonia 3
Eritrea 2
Guam 2
Cook Islands 1
China 1
Djibouti 1
Comoros 1
Thailand 1
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1
Vietnam 1
Yemen 1

Related animals

Others in the family Apogonidae.

Norfolk cardinalfish
46 records
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.