🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Cottonmouth Jack, Cottonmouthjack live?

Uraspis secunda has 1,749 records in 45 countries and territories, from 1861 to 2025. Most records come from Guinea.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesCarangidaeUraspis

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
Guinea 292
Mozambique 143
Nigeria 122
Côte d'Ivoire 118
Seychelles 116
Gabon 78
Ghana 76
Liberia 63
Mauritius 55
Sierra Leone 52
Cameroon 43
Equatorial Guinea 32
Senegal 25
British Indian Ocean Territory 23
United States 23
Australia 22
Guinea-Bissau 22
Congo 21
Madagascar 20
Mexico 13
Togo 12
Tanzania 12
Mayotte 12
Angola 11
DR Congo 11
Benin 10
Colombia 10
United Kingdom 10
ZZ 7
Brazil 5
French Polynesia 4
French Southern Territories 4
South Africa 4
Saint Barthélemy 3
French Guiana 3
Cuba 2
Ecuador 2
Indonesia 2
Japan 2
Philippines 2

Showing the top 40 of 45 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.