What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Spot-tail Dottyback been recorded?

Pseudochromis jamesi occurrence evidence comes from 100 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1939 to 2018. Most records come from American Samoa.

PerciformesPseudochromidaePseudochromis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

100 records across 7 countries and territories, 1939–2018.

Pseudochromis jamesi · GBIF taxon key 2381699

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: November.

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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: November. 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

19392018

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

Where Spot-tail Dottyback has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Spot-tail Dottyback. 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
American Samoa 26
Fiji 17
Vanuatu 17
Wallis & Futuna 14
Tonga 12
Solomon Islands 11
New Caledonia 3
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.