Cobia: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the cobia lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rachycentron canadum
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Carangiformes
Family	Rachycentridae

Where does the cobia live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cobia in 10 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Salinópolis, Brazil. In Colombia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the cobia endangered?

The cobia’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cobia?

The cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes and the family Rachycentridae, genus Rachycentron. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cobia

The cobia (Rachycentron canadum) (, KOH-bee-ə) is a species of marine carangiform ray-finned fish, the only extant representative of the genus Rachycentron and the family Rachycentridae. Its other common names include black kingfish, black salmon, ling, lemonfish, crabeater, prodigal son, codfish, and black bonito.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cobia (revision 1342807463), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q833940 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).