What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Dusky Squirrelfish been recorded?

Sargocentron vexillarium occurrence evidence comes from 20,209 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1899 to 2021. Most records come from United States.

BeryciformesHolocentridaeSargocentron

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

20,209 records across 23 countries and territories, 1899–2021.

Sargocentron vexillarium · GBIF taxon key 2356787

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: June.

6 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: June. 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

18992021

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

Where Dusky Squirrelfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Dusky Squirrelfish. 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
United States 18,078
Puerto Rico 1,762
US Virgin Islands 79
Belize 71
Curaçao 65
Jamaica 36
Honduras 19
Bermuda 17
Bahamas 17
Panama 11
Cuba 10
Costa Rica 6
Trinidad & Tobago 6
ZZ 5
Haiti 4
Colombia 3
Turks and Caicos Islands 3
Mexico 2
Netherlands 2
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2
Barbados 1
Ecuador 1
Venezuela 1

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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.