What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Kaup's arrowtooth eel been recorded?

Synaphobranchus kaupii occurrence evidence comes from 392 records in 26 countries and territories, from 1878 to 2022. Most records come from United States.

AnguilliformesSynaphobranchidaeSynaphobranchus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

392 records across 26 countries and territories, 1878–2022.

Synaphobranchus kaupii · GBIF taxon key 2402847

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

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: April. 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

18782022

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

Where Kaup's arrowtooth eel has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Kaup's arrowtooth eel. 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 131
Ireland 56
Spain 48
Portugal 13
Canada 12
United Kingdom 11
Western Sahara 10
Japan 7
Morocco 7
Cabo Verde 6
Australia 5
Philippines 5
Angola 4
Bermuda 4
France 4
Bahamas 2
Mauritania 2
Faroe Islands 1
Greenland 1
Guinea-Bissau 1
Iceland 1
New Zealand 1
Senegal 1
Taiwan 1
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1
South Africa 1
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.