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Where does the Sixline Pigmy Wrasse live?

Pseudocheilinus hexataenia has 8,312 records in 57 countries and territories, from 1869 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLabridaePseudocheilinus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. 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

PlaceRecordsShare
American Samoa 1,894
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1,693
Australia 1,498
French Polynesia 661
Tonga 359
Northern Mariana Islands 291
Fiji 197
New Caledonia 171
Philippines 165
Indonesia 151
Egypt 122
Palau 87
Seychelles 85
Micronesia 58
Papua New Guinea 56
Solomon Islands 56
Japan 52
British Indian Ocean Territory 48
United States 48
Marshall Islands 47
Comoros 45
Maldives 45
Taiwan 37
Christmas Island 35
Norfolk Island 35
Vanuatu 34
Saudi Arabia 31
South Africa 27
Guam 25
Vietnam 25
French Southern Territories 24
Kiribati 21
India 20
Madagascar 19
Mozambique 17
Mayotte 16
Wallis & Futuna 15
ZZ 13
Timor-Leste 12
Israel 9

Showing the top 40 of 57 places.

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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.