What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Spotfin Firefish been recorded?

Pterois antennata occurrence evidence comes from 439 records in 40 countries and territories, from 1882 to 2026. Most records come from Philippines.

ScorpaeniformesScorpaenidaePterois

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

439 records across 40 countries and territories, 1882–2026.

Pterois antennata · GBIF taxon key 2334443

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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

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

18822026

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

Where Spotfin Firefish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Spotfin Firefish. 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 108
Indonesia 48
French Polynesia 43
Oman 19
Papua New Guinea 19
United States Minor Outlying Islands 17
Guam 16
Solomon Islands 16
Fiji 15
Micronesia 13
Maldives 11
Palau 11
Vanuatu 11
Australia 10
Northern Mariana Islands 9
Marshall Islands 7
Seychelles 7
Comoros 6
Tonga 6
Kenya 5
Wallis & Futuna 5
ZZ 5
Cook Islands 4
Japan 3
Mauritius 3
Somalia 3
Malaysia 2
New Caledonia 2
Tanzania 2
United States 2
South Africa 2
American Samoa 1
China 1
Myanmar 1
Mozambique 1
Timor-Leste 1
Taiwan 1
Vietnam 1
Yemen 1
Mayotte 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.