What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Evermann's lantern fish been recorded?

Symbolophorus evermanni occurrence evidence comes from 1,159 records in 53 countries and territories, from 1899 to 2023. Most records come from United States.

MyctophiformesMyctophidaeSymbolophorus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,159 records across 53 countries and territories, 1899–2023.

Symbolophorus evermanni · GBIF taxon key 2406166

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: August.

12 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: August. 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

18992023

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

Where Evermann's lantern fish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Evermann's lantern fish. 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 203
Philippines 64
Costa Rica 61
Kiribati 37
Indonesia 30
New Caledonia 23
Colombia 21
Japan 21
Vietnam 21
Panama 19
Ecuador 15
United States Minor Outlying Islands 14
France 11
Maldives 11
South Africa 10
American Samoa 9
Nicaragua 8
Mexico 7
ZZ 7
Honduras 6
Peru 6
Guatemala 5
French Polynesia 5
Yemen 5
Australia 4
Micronesia 4
Seychelles 4
Cabo Verde 3
El Salvador 3
Timor-Leste 3
Tanzania 3
Cook Islands 2
Chile 2
India 2
Northern Mariana Islands 2
Mauritius 2
Mozambique 2
Papua New Guinea 2
Solomon Islands 2
Somalia 2

Showing the top 40 of 53 places.

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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.