What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Silvery Rabbitfish been recorded?

Siganus argenteus occurrence evidence comes from 723 records in 33 countries and territories, from 1870 to 2026. Most records come from Marshall Islands.

Silvery Rabbitfish
Silvery Rabbitfish — Photo (display-sized rendition): Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
PerciformesSiganidaeSiganus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

723 records across 33 countries and territories, 1870–2026.

Siganus argenteus · GBIF taxon key 2390180

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: March.

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.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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

18702026

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

Where Silvery Rabbitfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Silvery Rabbitfish. 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
Marshall Islands 360
Micronesia 89
French Polynesia 38
Guam 31
Northern Mariana Islands 30
American Samoa 28
New Caledonia 25
Philippines 25
Mayotte 20
Australia 10
Egypt 8
Seychelles 8
Indonesia 7
Maldives 5
United States 5
ZZ 5
Palau 4
Solomon Islands 4
Tonga 4
Israel 2
British Indian Ocean Territory 2
Cook Islands 1
Fiji 1
Iran 1
Japan 1
Kiribati 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Réunion 1
Taiwan 1
Vanuatu 1
Wallis & Futuna 1
Samoa 1
Yemen 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.