What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Palespot Podge been recorded?

Pseudogramma polyacantha occurrence evidence comes from 847 records in 33 countries and territories, from 1930 to 2023. Most records come from Philippines.

PerciformesSerranidaePseudogramma

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

847 records across 33 countries and territories, 1930–2023.

Pseudogramma polyacantha · GBIF taxon key 5210089

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-22. 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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

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

19302023

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

Where Palespot Podge has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Palespot Podge. 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
Philippines 102
Micronesia 100
French Polynesia 90
Fiji 88
Palau 74
Marshall Islands 47
Solomon Islands 44
Papua New Guinea 43
Vanuatu 41
Seychelles 36
Australia 32
Tonga 27
New Caledonia 26
Indonesia 15
Wallis & Futuna 14
American Samoa 12
British Indian Ocean Territory 9
Comoros 7
United States 6
Mauritius 5
South Africa 5
Taiwan 4
United States Minor Outlying Islands 4
Kiribati 3
Maldives 3
Colombia 2
Sri Lanka 2
Cook Islands 1
Guam 1
Japan 1
Kenya 1
Northern Mariana Islands 1
Thailand 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.