Where Small toothed jobfish has been recorded
GBIF occurrence records for Aphareus furca, mapped and tabulated by country.
9,317 georeferenced occurrence records with coordinates are published for Aphareus furca through GBIF, from 48 countries or marine areas. This page maps those records and lists where they come from. Occurrence records reflect where people have looked as well as where the species lives, so well-surveyed coastlines are over-represented.
- Georeferenced records
- 9,317
- Countries / areas
- 48
- Mapped locations
- 215
- Records sampled for the map
- 3,000
- Inland records omitted
- 16
- Gbif taxonkey
- 5209911
Countries and areas with the most records (GBIF)
United States Minor Outlying Islands — 2,200 records; American Samoa — 2,056 records; Northern Mariana Islands — 1,155 records; United States of America — 1,037 records; French Polynesia — 382 records; Australia — 324 records; Micronesia (Federated States of) — 320 records; Mayotte — 284 records; Guam — 266 records; Wallis and Futuna — 179 records; Marshall Islands — 113 records; Solomon Islands — 74 records; Kiribati — 72 records; Niue — 72 records; Palau — 71 records.
Source: GBIF Occurrence Search (taxonKey 5209911) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5209911&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY). Accessed 2026-09-23.
Marine regions with a WoRMS distribution record
Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone; Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone; Somali Exclusive Economic Zone; Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone; Madagascar; Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone; Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone; Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone; Comoran Exclusive Economic Zone; Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone; Chagos; South Africa (country); Djiboutian Exclusive Economic Zone; Red Sea.
Source: WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218470 (CC BY 4.0). Accessed 2026-09-23.
How to read this map
The map plots a sample of 3,000 of the 9,317 records, deduplicated to a half-degree grid, so dense areas do not merge into one blob. The sample covers 36 of the 48 countries or areas with records; the areas absent from the sample hold 521 records in total (Micronesia (Federated States of), Niue, Samoa, Cook Islands, French Southern Territories, Costa Rica, Nauru, Mauritius).
16 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 5209911) — https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5209911&has_coordinate=true (records CC0 / CC BY); WoRMS distribution records (MarineRegions) — https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218470 (CC BY 4.0); Natural Earth 110m basemap — https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ (public domain). Accessed 2026-09-23.
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