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Where does the Whitetail Squirrelfish live?

Sargocentron caudimaculatum has 4,053 records in 60 countries and territories, from 1826 to 2026. Most records come from Northern Mariana Islands.

Whitetail Squirrelfish
Whitetail Squirrelfish β€” Photo: George Henry Ford Β· Public domain Β· Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataBeryciformesHolocentridaeSargocentron

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.

Records over time

18262026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Northern Mariana Islands 479
Australia 369
United States Minor Outlying Islands 362
Egypt 357
Indonesia 303
Guam 241
French Polynesia 238
Tonga 172
American Samoa 118
Fiji 116
Maldives 99
Palau 85
Wallis & Futuna 85
United States 83
Seychelles 78
Papua New Guinea 73
Philippines 73
Vanuatu 56
Solomon Islands 53
New Caledonia 49
Christmas Island 43
India 43
Saudi Arabia 38
South Africa 35
Kiribati 33
Nauru 28
ZZ 27
Comoros 24
Mozambique 24
French Southern Territories 21
British Indian Ocean Territory 20
Timor-Leste 20
Taiwan 20
Micronesia 18
Japan 18
Madagascar 17
Samoa 16
Kenya 15
Mayotte 14
RΓ©union 13

Showing the top 40 of 60 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.