Where has the Regal angelfish been recorded?

Pygoplites diacanthus occurrence evidence comes from 3,083 records in 35 countries and territories, from 1902 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

3,083 records
35 places
57 years recorded
— class

Perciformes Pomacanthidae Pygoplites

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

3,083 records across 35 countries and territories, 1902–2026.

Pygoplites diacanthus · GBIF taxon key 2396596

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. 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.

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.

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When it is recorded

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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

19022026

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

Where Regal angelfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Regal angelfish. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

Place	Records	Share
American Samoa	1,234
Northern Mariana Islands	475
Saudi Arabia	174
Guam	163
Micronesia	105
United States Minor Outlying Islands	105
Palau	86
Philippines	76
United States	74
Djibouti	66
British Indian Ocean Territory	65
French Polynesia	61
Indonesia	54
Egypt	42
Fiji	42
Australia	38
Maldives	36
United Kingdom	33
Marshall Islands	32
Seychelles	25
Tokelau	16
Vanuatu	14
Papua New Guinea	12
Japan	11
Solomon Islands	11
Wallis & Futuna	10
Christmas Island	9
ZZ	3
Kiribati	2
Comoros	2
Tonga	2
Taiwan	2
Myanmar	1
New Caledonia	1
Thailand	1

Related animals

Others in the family Pomacanthidae.

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.