Where does the Largehead hairtail, Hairtail live?
Trichiurus lepturus has 57,118 records in 99 countries and territories, from 1742 to 2026. Most records come from United States.
- 57,118 records
- 99 places
- 148 years recorded
- — class
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesTrichiuridaeTrichiurus
When it is recorded
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Peak month: October. 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
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 35,246 | |
| Colombia | 11,876 | |
| Australia | 3,254 | |
| Mozambique | 2,581 | |
| Brazil | 776 | |
| ZZ | 450 | |
| Taiwan | 366 | |
| Mexico | 351 | |
| Japan | 212 | |
| China | 202 | |
| Nigeria | 142 | |
| South Korea | 136 | |
| South Africa | 103 | |
| Cameroon | 102 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 96 | |
| Ghana | 94 | |
| Gabon | 81 | |
| Panama | 73 | |
| Liberia | 67 | |
| Senegal | 67 | |
| Sierra Leone | 54 | |
| Guinea | 44 | |
| French Guiana | 43 | |
| Philippines | 43 | |
| Israel | 40 | |
| Indonesia | 35 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 32 | |
| Benin | 29 | |
| Angola | 26 | |
| Costa Rica | 25 | |
| India | 25 | |
| Congo | 24 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | |
| Pakistan | 21 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 19 | |
| Argentina | 18 | |
| Malaysia | 18 | |
| Mauritania | 17 | |
| Vietnam | 16 | |
| Gambia | 15 |
Showing the top 40 of 99 places.
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.
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.