What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Bigeye Scad been recorded?

Selar crumenophthalmus occurrence evidence comes from 1,865 records in 75 countries and territories, from 1854 to 2025. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesCarangidaeSelar

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,865 records across 75 countries and territories, 1854–2025.

Selar crumenophthalmus · GBIF taxon key 2391007

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

11 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: September. 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

18542025

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

Where Bigeye Scad has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Bigeye Scad. 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 552
Puerto Rico 448
South Africa 233
Mexico 96
Malaysia 81
Costa Rica 61
Panama 50
ZZ 45
Philippines 27
Brazil 24
French Polynesia 21
Trinidad & Tobago 18
Colombia 13
Sri Lanka 10
Guyana 9
Australia 8
Bermuda 7
Jamaica 7
Marshall Islands 7
Thailand 7
Cabo Verde 6
French Guiana 6
Cuba 5
Ecuador 5
Guatemala 5
Honduras 5
Solomon Islands 5
Bahamas 4
Micronesia 4
Indonesia 4
Japan 4
El Salvador 4
Belize 3
Cook Islands 3
France 3
Ghana 3
India 3
Cambodia 3
Nigeria 3
Palau 3

Showing the top 40 of 75 places.

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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.