Where does the Regal angelfish live?

Pygoplites diacanthus has 8,440 records in 57 countries and territories, from 1834 to 2026. Most records come from American Samoa.

8,440 records
57 places
87 years recorded
— class

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesPomacanthidaePygoplites

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
American Samoa	1,423
Egypt	1,033
Australia	795
Northern Mariana Islands	601
Indonesia	564
French Polynesia	370
Philippines	313
Fiji	263
Saudi Arabia	246
Maldives	225
Solomon Islands	211
Palau	202
Guam	192
Wallis & Futuna	173
Micronesia	154
Papua New Guinea	150
New Caledonia	148
United States Minor Outlying Islands	119
Marshall Islands	113
Tonga	97
Vanuatu	83
Djibouti	79
United States	74
British Indian Ocean Territory	72
Taiwan	66
India	64
Tuvalu	53
Malaysia	50
Christmas Island	48
Japan	43
Mayotte	41
Kiribati	34
United Kingdom	33
Seychelles	31
Timor-Leste	27
Tanzania	25
Kenya	23
Samoa	23
Israel	18
Madagascar	18

Showing the top 40 of 57 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Pomacanthidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.