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Where does the Bluehead live?

Thalassoma bifasciatum has 125,733 records in 46 countries and territories, from 1856 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLabridaeThalassoma

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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 107,931
Puerto Rico 6,234
US Virgin Islands 3,636
Mexico 2,473
Belize 660
Bonaire 561
Bahamas 550
Guadeloupe 446
Honduras 346
Colombia 338
Martinique 278
Cayman Islands 240
Jamaica 203
Curaçao 186
Cuba 176
Panama 173
Trinidad & Tobago 123
Dominican Republic 114
Turks and Caicos Islands 110
ZZ 97
Barbados 95
Aruba 92
Bermuda 79
British Virgin Islands 67
Saint Lucia 55
Sint Maarten 54
Costa Rica 51
Antigua & Barbuda 48
St Vincent & the Grenadines 47
Venezuela 46
Dominica 38
Saint Martin 33
Saint Barthélemy 32
Nicaragua 20
Grenada 18
St Kitts & Nevis 18
Haiti 16
Anguilla 13
Tonga 10
Canada 7

Showing the top 40 of 46 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.