Where does the Chameleon Grouper live?
Variola louti has 6,696 records in 60 countries and territories, from 1826 to 2026. Most records come from Mayotte.
- 6,696 records
- 60 places
- 95 years recorded
- — class
AnimaliaChordataPerciformesSerranidaeVariola
When it is recorded
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Peak month: November. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mayotte | 1,550 | |
| Australia | 1,479 | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | 573 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 477 | |
| Egypt | 411 | |
| American Samoa | 293 | |
| Seychelles | 224 | |
| Tonga | 152 | |
| French Polynesia | 130 | |
| Maldives | 122 | |
| Indonesia | 119 | |
| New Caledonia | 99 | |
| Marshall Islands | 86 | |
| Réunion | 83 | |
| India | 74 | |
| Japan | 60 | |
| Guam | 59 | |
| South Africa | 56 | |
| Wallis & Futuna | 46 | |
| Fiji | 43 | |
| Palau | 41 | |
| Niue | 40 | |
| Solomon Islands | 36 | |
| United States | 33 | |
| Philippines | 32 | |
| Israel | 31 | |
| Mozambique | 28 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 28 | |
| Micronesia | 27 | |
| Taiwan | 26 | |
| Mauritius | 23 | |
| Vanuatu | 21 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | |
| Kiribati | 18 | |
| French Southern Territories | 18 | |
| Tuvalu | 15 | |
| Malaysia | 14 | |
| ZZ | 13 | |
| Kenya | 11 | |
| Samoa | 11 |
Showing the top 40 of 60 places.
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6,703 records
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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.
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.