What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Diamond lizardfish been recorded?

Synodus synodus occurrence evidence comes from 17,023 records in 31 countries and territories, from 1913 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AulopiformesSynodontidaeSynodus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

17,023 records across 31 countries and territories, 1913–2026.

Synodus synodus · GBIF taxon key 5212691

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

19132026

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

Where Diamond lizardfish has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Diamond lizardfish. 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 16,296
Puerto Rico 451
Belize 49
US Virgin Islands 36
Curaçao 29
Bahamas 27
Mexico 23
Spain 14
ZZ 14
Brazil 12
Marshall Islands 11
Turks and Caicos Islands 9
Jamaica 7
Trinidad & Tobago 7
Cabo Verde 5
Türkiye 5
Portugal 4
São Tomé & Príncipe 3
United States Minor Outlying Islands 3
Guyana 2
Liberia 2
Saint Helena 2
British Virgin Islands 2
Bermuda 1
Colombia 1
Cuba 1
Honduras 1
Saint Lucia 1
Nicaragua 1
Panama 1
Philippines 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.