What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Large-scaled Dottyback been recorded?

Pseudoplesiops rosae occurrence evidence comes from 206 records in 18 countries and territories, from 1939 to 2016. Most records come from Fiji.

PerciformesPseudochromidaePseudoplesiops

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

206 records across 18 countries and territories, 1939–2016.

Pseudoplesiops rosae · GBIF taxon key 5209550

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.

10 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

19392016

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

Where Large-scaled Dottyback has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Large-scaled 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
Fiji 64
Philippines 32
Papua New Guinea 14
Palau 14
Tonga 12
Vanuatu 12
American Samoa 11
Micronesia 9
Wallis & Futuna 8
French Polynesia 7
New Caledonia 6
Taiwan 5
Australia 4
Indonesia 2
Marshall Islands 2
Solomon Islands 2
Japan 1
Thailand 1
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.