Where Blackspot sergeant has been recorded

Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)

United States of America — 1,878 records; Australia — 676 records; South Africa — 398 records; Japan — 348 records; French Polynesia — 342 records; Chinese Taipei — 223 records; Thailand — 153 records; New Caledonia — 144 records; Egypt — 100 records; Norfolk Island — 100 records; United States Minor Outlying Islands — 97 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 73 records; Seychelles — 70 records; Yemen — 60 records; India — 57 records.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2398682) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398682&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-25.

Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record

Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; South Africa (country); Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone.

Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212888 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-25.

How to read this map

The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 5,440 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 50 of the 67 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 82 records in total (Tonga, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), French Southern Territories, Tanzania, United Republic of, Palau, Wallis and Futuna).

62 records plotting inland were omitted: for a marine species those are almost always the holding institution's coordinates rather than a collection site.

Records show where the species has been observed and reported, not a modelled range.

Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 2398682) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2398682&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212888 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-25.