🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Desjardin's Sailfin Tang live?

Zebrasoma desjardinii has 2,105 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1956 to 2026. Most records come from Egypt.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesAcanthuridaeZebrasoma

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

PlaceRecordsShare
Egypt 1,278
Maldives 208
RΓ©union 119
Seychelles 99
Saudi Arabia 76
Mauritius 59
India 54
Israel 39
Cocos Islands 30
Mayotte 29
Kenya 19
Myanmar 16
Madagascar 13
Sudan 11
Tanzania 10
South Africa 7
British Indian Ocean Territory 6
Mozambique 4
Yemen 4
Indonesia 3
Comoros 3
Thailand 3
ZZ 3
Christmas Island 2
Djibouti 2
Jordan 2
French Polynesia 2
French Southern Territories 2
Spain 1
United States 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.